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