Bruno Ganz
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Bruno Ganz (March 22, 1941 – February 16, 2019) was a Swiss actor who debuted at the theatre in 1961 and gained there a good reputation as a solid, young actor. In 1970 he founded with 'Peter Stein' the theatre company "Schaubuehne" of Berlin. His debut at the movies was early and unsuccessful in 1960. Only in 1975 after "Sommergaeste (1975)" he could show his talent as a reflexive actor with tendencies towards introspection.
Known for
Credits
Eternity and a Day (1998)
as Alexandros
The Counselor (2013)
as Diamond Dealer
Downfall (2004)
as Adolf Hitler
The Reader (2008)
as Professor Rohl
Wings of Desire (1987)
as Damiel
Unknown (2011)
as Ernst Jürgen
Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)
as Jonathan Harker
The House That Jack Built (2018)
as Verge
A Hidden Life (2019)
as Richter
Heidi (2015)
as Alpöhi
The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
as Delp
Luther (2003)
as Johann von Staupitz
The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)
as Horst Herold
The Boys from Brazil (1978)
as Professor Bruckner
Night Train to Lisbon (2013)
as Older Jorge O'Kelly
Youth Without Youth (2007)
as Professor Stanciulescu
Remember (2015)
as Rudy Kurlander #1
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012)
as (archive footage)
The Party (2017)
as Godfried
In Order of Disappearance (2014)
as Papa
Faraway, So Close! (1993)
as Damiel
The American Friend (1977)
as Jonathan Zimmermann
Vitus (2006)
as Grandfather
Antipasto Umbro (2000)
Actor
The Marquise of O (1976)
as Der Graf
Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas (2013)
as The Governor
Circle of Deceit (1981)
as Georg Laschen
The Absence (1993)
as Player
El río de oro (1986)
as Peter
The Tobacconist (2018)
as Sigmund Freud
Epsteins Nacht (2002)
as Adam Rose
Coda: Thirty Years Later (2007)
as Self
Bread and Tulips (2000)
as Fernando Girasoli
The Architecture of Doom (1989)
as German narrator (voice)
The Making of 'Nosferatu' (1979)
as Self
Der Spaßvogel (1964)
as Johnny
Films to Die For (2025)
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
In Times of Fading Light (2017)
as Wilhelm Powileit
Die Mutter (1971)
Actor
Lady of the Camelias (1981)
as Count Perregaux
Return to the Beloved (1979)
as Dr. Stephan Kern
Polenta (1980)
Actor
Bankomatt (1989)
as Bruno
The Legendary Life of Ernest Hemingway (1988)
as Ezra Pound
Hitler's Final Days: The Movie 'Downfall' (2005)
as Self
Die Bakchen (1974)
as Pentheus
The Naked King - 18 Fragments on Revolution (2019)
as Narrator German (voice)
Behind Me (2003)
as Self
Frühlings Erwachen (1966)
as Moritz Stiefel
In the White City (1983)
as Paul
Copacabana (2008)
as Herbert Schubert
Die Unberatenen (1966)
Actor
A Roof Over Your Head (1962)
as Fred Weber
Taxiphone (2010)
as Stranger
Klaus Kinski: I'm not an actor (2000)
as Self (archive footage)
The End Is My Beginning (2010)
as Tiziano Terzani
Lumière & Company (1995)
as Damiel (segment "Wim Wenders")
Colors in the Dark (2011)
as Fred
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Faust I (2001)
as Faust
A Jew Must Die (2016)
as Arthur Bloch
The Last Days of Chez Nous (1992)
as J.P.
Summer Guests (1976)
as Jakov Shalimov
Fortuna (2018)
as Brother Jean
Im Dickicht der Städte (1968)
as George Garga
The Power of the Past (2002)
as Bogliasco
Winter Journey (2019)
as George Goldsmith
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Faust II (2001)
as Faust
Bruno Ganz - The Longing Revolutionary (2022)
as Self
Hands Up! (1985)
as Self (1981 footage)
Deadly Silence (1997)
as Hans Plache
The Wild Duck (1976)
as Gregers Werle
Saint-Ex (1996)
as Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Especially on Sunday (1991)
as Vittorio
The Left-Handed Woman (1978)
as Bruno
Love of a Woman (1988)
as Franco Bassani
Of Women and Horses (2012)
as Franz Mann
Der Herr mit der schwarzen Melone (1960)
as Kammerdiener
Children of Nature (1991)
as Engill
Knife in the Head (1978)
as Hoffmann
One Who Set Forth: Wim Wenders' Early Years (2008)
as Self
Wim Wenders, Desperado (2020)
as Self (archive footage)
The Day of the Cat (2010)
as Kater
Private Resistance (1985)
as Gustav
The Dust of Time (2008)
as Jacob
Prinz Friedrich von Homburg (1973)
as Prinz Friedrich Arthur von Homburg
St. Stephen's: The Living Cathedral (1997)
as Narrator (German voice)
Have No Fear: The Life of Pope John Paul II (2006)
as Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski
Black and White Like Day and Night (1978)
as Thomas Rosemund
Claudio Abbado: Hearing the Silence (2003)
as Self
To Duration: A Tribute to Peter Handke (2017)
Actor
WhoAfraidWolf (2000)
Actor
5% de risque (1980)
as David
Die Schlacht bei Lobositz (1968)
as Ulrich Braeker
Alias Kurban Saïd (2005)
as Narrator
Bruno Ganz - Ein europäischer Schauspieler (2004)
as Self
Wings of Desire: The Angels Among Us (2003)
as Self
Killer aus Florida (1983)
Actor
The Ignoramus and the Madman (1972)
Actor
Logik des Gefühls (1982)
Actor
Lumière (1976)
as Heinrich Grun
Le Quatuor des possibles (1992)
as Narrateur
Dancing Arabs (2014)
as Self (archive footage) (voice) (uncredited)
Pablo G. del Amo, un montador de ilusiones (2005)
as Peter (archive footage)
Before Your Eyes - Vietnam (1982)
Actor
Gegen Ende der Nacht (1998)
as Fehleisen
Amnesia (2015)
as Bruno
Who the F... is Roger Rossmeisl (2020)
as Narrator (voice)
Chikita (1962)
as Jazzfan
Thomas Bernhard – Ein Widerspruch. »Die Ursache bin ich selbst« (1986)
as Narrator
La provinciale (1981)
as Rémy Muller
Giovanni Segantini - Magie des Lichts (2015)
as Voice of Segantini
Closed Circuit (1983)
as Faber
The Witness (2019)
as Nikola Radin
Der Kleine Prinz (2011)
as Geograph
Remembrance: Film for Curt Bois (1982)
as Self
You Can't Go Home Again (1999)
as Narrator (voice)
War and Peace (1982)
Actor
The Soft Course (1967)
as Bernhard Krahl
Lost and Found (1980)
as Werner
The Inventor (1980)
as Jakob Nüssli
Strapless (1989)
as Raymond Forbes
The Ode to Joy (2006)
as Kurt Heinrich
Das Geheimnis unseres Waldes (2011)
as Narrator (voice)
Prague (1992)
as Josef
Eine große Familie (1970)
as Heinz Hallasch
Julia's Disappearance (2009)
as John
Night on Fire (1992)
as Peter Keller
Ein starker Abgang (2008)
as Heinz Kilian
Beethoven - Egmont, Mozart - Symphony 35 - Claudio Abbado, Lucerne Festival Orchestra (2015)
Actor
Success (1991)
as Jacques Tüverlin
Diario senza date (1995)
Actor
Torquato Tasso (1969)
as Torquato Tasso
The End of an Eternity (2000)
as Self