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Bruno Ganz

Bruno Ganz

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.

Born

Mar 22, 1941

Zürich, Switzerland

Died

Feb 16, 2019

Known For

Acting

Movies

133 acting

1 crew

Popularity

1.3

movie

Known For

The Counselor

The Counselor

2013

as Diamond Dealer
Downfall

Downfall

2004

as Adolf Hitler
Unknown

Unknown

2011

as Ernst Jürgen
The Reader

The Reader

2008

as Professor Rohl
Nosferatu the Vampyre

Nosferatu the Vampyre

1979

as Jonathan Harker
A Hidden Life

A Hidden Life

2019

as Richter
Wings of Desire

Wings of Desire

1987

as Damiel
The House That Jack Built

The House That Jack Built

2018

as Verge
The Manchurian Candidate

The Manchurian Candidate

2004

as Delp
Heidi

Heidi

2015

as Alpöhi
The Counselor
The Counselor
2013 • as Diamond Dealer
★ 5.3
Downfall
Downfall
2004 • as Adolf Hitler
★ 7.9
Unknown
Unknown
2011 • as Ernst Jürgen
★ 6.7
The Reader
The Reader
2008 • as Professor Rohl
★ 7.5
Nosferatu the Vampyre
Nosferatu the Vampyre
1979 • as Jonathan Harker
★ 7.3
A Hidden Life
A Hidden Life
2019 • as Richter
★ 7.2
Wings of Desire
Wings of Desire
1987 • as Damiel
★ 7.8
The House That Jack Built
The House That Jack Built
2018 • as Verge
★ 7.1
The Manchurian Candidate
The Manchurian Candidate
2004 • as Delp
★ 6.5
Heidi
Heidi
2015 • as Alpöhi
★ 7.3
The Boys from Brazil
The Boys from Brazil
1978 • as Professor Bruckner
★ 6.7
Youth Without Youth
Youth Without Youth
2007 • as Professor Stanciulescu
★ 6.1
Luther
Luther
2003 • as Johann von Staupitz
★ 6.5
Night Train to Lisbon
Night Train to Lisbon
2013 • as Older Jorge O'Kelly
★ 6.5
The Baader Meinhof Complex
The Baader Meinhof Complex
2008 • as Horst Herold
★ 7.0
Faraway, So Close!
Faraway, So Close!
1993 • as Damiel
★ 6.9
In Order of Disappearance
In Order of Disappearance
2014 • as Papa
★ 6.9
Remember
Remember
2015 • as Rudy Kurlander #1
★ 7.3
The Party
The Party
2017 • as Godfried
★ 6.3
The American Friend
The American Friend
1977 • as Jonathan Zimmermann
★ 7.1
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012 • as (archive footage)
★ 7.5
Eternity and a Day
Eternity and a Day
1998 • as Alexandros
★ 7.8
The Tobacconist
The Tobacconist
2018 • as Sigmund Freud
★ 6.4
Bread and Tulips
Bread and Tulips
2000 • as Fernando Girasoli
★ 7.1
Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas
Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas
2013 • as The Governor
★ 5.9
The Marquise of O
The Marquise of O
1976 • as Der Graf
★ 6.7
Vitus
Vitus
2006 • as Grandfather
★ 7.4
Hands Up!
Hands Up!
1985 • as Self (1981 footage)
★ 5.7
Lumière & Company
Lumière & Company
1995 • as Damiel (segment "Wim Wenders")
★ 6.4
Have No Fear: The Life of Pope John Paul II
Have No Fear: The Life of Pope John Paul II
2006 • as Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski
★ 5.1
In the White City
In the White City
1983 • as Paul
★ 7.0
Circle of Deceit
Circle of Deceit
1981 • as Georg Laschen
★ 6.1
The Last Days of Chez Nous
The Last Days of Chez Nous
1992 • as J.P.
★ 5.8
The Dust of Time
The Dust of Time
2008 • as Jacob
★ 6.4
movie
Antipasto Umbro
2000
The Absence
The Absence
1993 • as Player
★ 6.5
Lady of the Camelias
Lady of the Camelias
1981 • as Count Perregaux
★ 6.1
Behind Me
Behind Me
2003 • as Self
movie
Coda: Thirty Years Later
2007 • as Self
★ 4.8
Bruno Ganz - Ein europäischer Schauspieler
Bruno Ganz - Ein europäischer Schauspieler
2004 • as Self
★ 6.0
Love of a Woman
Love of a Woman
1988 • as Franco Bassani
★ 8.0
The Architecture of Doom
The Architecture of Doom
1989 • as German narrator (voice)
★ 7.4
A Roof Over Your Head
A Roof Over Your Head
1962 • as Fred Weber
★ 7.0
Epsteins Nacht
Epsteins Nacht
2002 • as Adam Rose
★ 9.0
Return to the Beloved
Return to the Beloved
1979 • as Dr. Stephan Kern
★ 6.3
Copacabana
Copacabana
2008 • as Herbert Schubert
★ 2.0
Hitler's Final Days: The Movie 'Downfall'
Hitler's Final Days: The Movie 'Downfall'
2005 • as Self
★ 7.0
El río de oro
El río de oro
1986 • as Peter
★ 4.4
Klaus Kinski: I'm not an actor
Klaus Kinski: I'm not an actor
2000 • as Self (archive footage)
Fortuna
Fortuna
2018 • as Brother Jean
★ 6.8
Dancing Arabs
Dancing Arabs
2014 • as Self (archive footage) (voice) (uncredited)
★ 6.5
Especially on Sunday
Especially on Sunday
1991 • as Vittorio
★ 6.2
The End Is My Beginning
The End Is My Beginning
2010 • as Tiziano Terzani
★ 6.1
Black and White Like Day and Night
Black and White Like Day and Night
1978 • as Thomas Rosemund
★ 6.3
In Times of Fading Light
In Times of Fading Light
2017 • as Wilhelm Powileit
★ 6.6
The Making of 'Nosferatu'
The Making of 'Nosferatu'
1979 • as Self
★ 6.3
Wim Wenders, Desperado
Wim Wenders, Desperado
2020 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 7.7
The Wild Duck
The Wild Duck
1976 • as Gregers Werle
★ 9.0
Children of Nature
Children of Nature
1991 • as Engill
★ 6.0
Polenta
Polenta
1980
★ 9.0
movie
Die Mutter
1971
★ 10.0
Amnesia
Amnesia
2015 • as Bruno
★ 5.5
Bankomatt
Bankomatt
1989 • as Bruno
★ 8.0
One Who Set Forth: Wim Wenders' Early Years
One Who Set Forth: Wim Wenders' Early Years
2008 • as Self
★ 7.0
Colors in the Dark
Colors in the Dark
2011 • as Fred
★ 5.4
The Legendary Life of Ernest Hemingway
The Legendary Life of Ernest Hemingway
1988 • as Ezra Pound
★ 8.0
A Jew Must Die
A Jew Must Die
2016 • as Arthur Bloch
★ 4.8
Films to Die For
Films to Die For
2025 • as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Le Quatuor des possibles
Le Quatuor des possibles
1992 • as Narrateur
★ 10.0
movie
Die Schlacht bei Lobositz
1968 • as Ulrich Braeker
★ 9.0
The Naked King - 18 Fragments on Revolution
The Naked King - 18 Fragments on Revolution
2019 • as Narrator German (voice)
Diario senza date
Diario senza date
1995
★ 10.0
Saint-Ex
Saint-Ex
1996 • as Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
★ 4.2
movie
Im Dickicht der Städte
1968 • as George Garga
★ 10.0
Knife in the Head
Knife in the Head
1978 • as Hoffmann
★ 6.2
Deadly Silence
Deadly Silence
1997 • as Hans Plache
★ 4.0
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Faust I
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Faust I
2001 • as Faust
★ 10.0
The Left-Handed Woman
The Left-Handed Woman
1978 • as Bruno
★ 6.9
Before Your Eyes - Vietnam
Before Your Eyes - Vietnam
1982
★ 7.0
Of Women and Horses
Of Women and Horses
2012 • as Franz Mann
★ 5.6
Bruno Ganz - The Longing Revolutionary
Bruno Ganz - The Longing Revolutionary
2022 • as Self
War and Peace
War and Peace
1982
★ 4.5
Alias Kurban Saïd
Alias Kurban Saïd
2005 • as Narrator
★ 7.0
Winter Journey
Winter Journey
2019 • as George Goldsmith
★ 8.0
The Witness
The Witness
2019 • as Nikola Radin
★ 7.0
Closed Circuit
Closed Circuit
1983 • as Faber
★ 7.0
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Faust II
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Faust II
2001 • as Faust
★ 8.0
Lumière
Lumière
1976 • as Heinrich Grun
★ 6.7
movie
Chikita
1962 • as Jazzfan
★ 7.0
movie
Der Spaßvogel
1964 • as Johnny
★ 8.0
The Day of the Cat
The Day of the Cat
2010 • as Kater
★ 4.7
Wings of Desire: The Angels Among Us
Wings of Desire: The Angels Among Us
2003 • as Self
★ 8.3
Gegen Ende der Nacht
Gegen Ende der Nacht
1998 • as Fehleisen
★ 5.0
Claudio Abbado: Hearing the Silence
Claudio Abbado: Hearing the Silence
2003 • as Self
St. Stephen's: The Living Cathedral
St. Stephen's: The Living Cathedral
1997 • as Narrator (German voice)
★ 7.0
movie
Die Unberatenen
1966
★ 10.0
5% de risque
5% de risque
1980 • as David
★ 6.0
movie
Frühlings Erwachen
1966 • as Moritz Stiefel
★ 9.0
Prague
Prague
1992 • as Josef
★ 6.4
Private Resistance
Private Resistance
1985 • as Gustav
★ 7.0
movie
Remembrance: Film for Curt Bois
1982 • as Self
★ 4.0
Summer Guests
Summer Guests
1976 • as Jakov Shalimov
★ 7.2
movie
Die Bakchen
1974 • as Pentheus
★ 10.0
The Power of the Past
The Power of the Past
2002 • as Bogliasco
★ 10.0
Thomas Bernhard – Ein Widerspruch. »Die Ursache bin ich selbst«
Thomas Bernhard – Ein Widerspruch. »Die Ursache bin ich selbst«
1986 • as Narrator
Der Kleine Prinz
Der Kleine Prinz
2011 • as Geograph
To Duration: A Tribute to Peter Handke
To Duration: A Tribute to Peter Handke
2017
Der Herr mit der schwarzen Melone
Der Herr mit der schwarzen Melone
1960 • as Kammerdiener
★ 7.0
movie
Eine große Familie
1970 • as Heinz Hallasch
★ 8.0
Lost and Found
Lost and Found
1980 • as Werner
★ 5.3
movie
WhoAfraidWolf
2000
★ 7.0
Strapless
Strapless
1989 • as Raymond Forbes
★ 7.4
The Ode to Joy
The Ode to Joy
2006 • as Kurt Heinrich
★ 6.0
Taxiphone
Taxiphone
2010 • as Stranger
★ 4.0
movie
Prinz Friedrich von Homburg
1973 • as Prinz Friedrich Arthur von Homburg
★ 7.0
Pablo G. del Amo, un montador de ilusiones
Pablo G. del Amo, un montador de ilusiones
2005 • as Peter (archive footage)
★ 7.0
Giovanni Segantini - Magie des Lichts
Giovanni Segantini - Magie des Lichts
2015 • as Voice of Segantini
★ 6.5
Julia's Disappearance
Julia's Disappearance
2009 • as John
★ 6.7
movie
The Ignoramus and the Madman
1972
movie
Logik des Gefühls
1982
★ 10.0
movie
Killer aus Florida
1983
★ 8.0
Who the F... is Roger Rossmeisl
Who the F... is Roger Rossmeisl
2020 • as Narrator (voice)
movie
Ein starker Abgang
2008 • as Heinz Kilian
★ 6.5
The Soft Course
The Soft Course
1967 • as Bernhard Krahl
★ 6.3
movie
Torquato Tasso
1969 • as Torquato Tasso
★ 7.0
The Inventor
The Inventor
1980 • as Jakob Nüssli
★ 6.4
movie
Das Geheimnis unseres Waldes
2011 • as Narrator (voice)
Night on Fire
Night on Fire
1992 • as Peter Keller
★ 4.7
movie
You Can't Go Home Again
1999 • as Narrator (voice)
★ 9.0
La provinciale
La provinciale
1981 • as Rémy Muller
★ 5.7
Beethoven - Egmont, Mozart - Symphony 35 - Claudio Abbado, Lucerne Festival Orchestra
Beethoven - Egmont, Mozart - Symphony 35 - Claudio Abbado, Lucerne Festival Orchestra
2015
movie
Success
1991 • as Jacques Tüverlin
★ 4.7
The End of an Eternity
The End of an Eternity
2000 • as Self