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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

134 acting

1 crew

Popularity

2.1

movie

Known For

The Reader

The Reader

2008

as Professor Rohl
Heidi

Heidi

2015

as Alpöhi
The Counselor

The Counselor

2013

as Diamond Dealer
Downfall

Downfall

2004

as Adolf Hitler
The House That Jack Built

The House That Jack Built

2018

as Verge
Unknown

Unknown

2011

as Ernst Jürgen
Wings of Desire

Wings of Desire

1987

as Damiel
The Manchurian Candidate

The Manchurian Candidate

2004

as Delp
Nosferatu the Vampyre

Nosferatu the Vampyre

1979

as Jonathan Harker
The Boys from Brazil

The Boys from Brazil

1978

as Professor Bruckner
The Reader
The Reader
2008 • as Professor Rohl
★ 7.5
Heidi
Heidi
2015 • as Alpöhi
★ 7.3
The Counselor
The Counselor
2013 • as Diamond Dealer
★ 5.3
Downfall
Downfall
2004 • as Adolf Hitler
★ 7.9
The House That Jack Built
The House That Jack Built
2018 • as Verge
★ 7.1
Unknown
Unknown
2011 • as Ernst Jürgen
★ 6.7
Wings of Desire
Wings of Desire
1987 • as Damiel
★ 7.8
The Manchurian Candidate
The Manchurian Candidate
2004 • as Delp
★ 6.5
Nosferatu the Vampyre
Nosferatu the Vampyre
1979 • as Jonathan Harker
★ 7.3
The Boys from Brazil
The Boys from Brazil
1978 • as Professor Bruckner
★ 6.7
A Hidden Life
A Hidden Life
2019 • as Richter
★ 7.2
Youth Without Youth
Youth Without Youth
2007 • as Professor Stanciulescu
★ 6.1
Night Train to Lisbon
Night Train to Lisbon
2013 • as Older Jorge O'Kelly
★ 6.5
Luther
Luther
2003 • as Johann von Staupitz
★ 6.5
Deadly Silence
Deadly Silence
1997 • as Hans Plache
★ 4.0
The Baader Meinhof Complex
The Baader Meinhof Complex
2008 • as Horst Herold
★ 7.0
Remember
Remember
2015 • as Rudy Kurlander #1
★ 7.4
In Order of Disappearance
In Order of Disappearance
2014 • as Papa
★ 6.9
Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas
Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas
2013 • as The Governor
★ 5.9
movie
Frühlings Erwachen
1966 • as Moritz Stiefel
★ 9.0
The American Friend
The American Friend
1977 • as Jonathan Zimmermann
★ 7.1
Eternity and a Day
Eternity and a Day
1998 • as Alexandros
★ 7.8
The Party
The Party
2017 • as Godfried
★ 6.3
Faraway, So Close!
Faraway, So Close!
1993 • as Damiel
★ 7.0
movie
Der Spaßvogel
1964 • as Johnny
★ 8.0
Bruno Ganz - Ein europäischer Schauspieler
Bruno Ganz - Ein europäischer Schauspieler
2004 • as Self
★ 6.0
El río de oro
El río de oro
1986 • as Peter
★ 4.4
Lumière & Company
Lumière & Company
1995 • as Damiel (segment "Wim Wenders")
★ 6.3
movie
Im Dickicht der Städte
1968 • as George Garga
★ 10.0
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012 • as (archive footage)
★ 7.5
Bread and Tulips
Bread and Tulips
2000 • as Fernando Girasoli
★ 7.2
A Roof Over Your Head
A Roof Over Your Head
1962 • as Fred Weber
★ 7.0
Summer Guests
Summer Guests
1976 • as Jakov Shalimov
★ 7.3
Lady of the Camelias
Lady of the Camelias
1981 • as Count Perregaux
★ 6.1
The Tobacconist
The Tobacconist
2018 • as Sigmund Freud
★ 6.4
Circle of Deceit
Circle of Deceit
1981 • as Georg Laschen
★ 6.1
Vitus
Vitus
2006 • as Grandfather
★ 7.4
The Absence
The Absence
1993 • as Player
★ 6.5
The Architecture of Doom
The Architecture of Doom
1989 • as German narrator (voice)
★ 7.3
Bankomatt
Bankomatt
1989 • as Bruno
★ 8.0
Thomas Bernhard – Ein Widerspruch. »Die Ursache bin ich selbst«
Thomas Bernhard – Ein Widerspruch. »Die Ursache bin ich selbst«
1986 • as Narrator
The Marquise of O
The Marquise of O
1976 • as Der Graf
★ 6.7
movie
Antipasti Umbro
2000
The Legendary Life of Ernest Hemingway
The Legendary Life of Ernest Hemingway
1988 • as Ezra Pound
★ 8.0
Behind Me
Behind Me
2003 • as Self
Polenta
Polenta
1980
★ 9.0
movie
WhoAfraidWolf
2000
★ 7.0
Epsteins Nacht
Epsteins Nacht
2002 • as Adam Rose
★ 9.0
Fortuna
Fortuna
2018 • as Brother Jean
★ 6.8
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
Klaus Kinski: I'm not an actor
Klaus Kinski: I'm not an actor
2000 • as Self (archive footage)
In the White City
In the White City
1983 • as Paul
★ 7.0
Hitler's Final Days: The Movie 'Downfall'
Hitler's Final Days: The Movie 'Downfall'
2005 • as Self
★ 7.0
Copacabana
Copacabana
2008 • as Herbert Schubert
★ 2.0
Children of Nature
Children of Nature
1991 • as Engill
★ 6.0
Especially on Sunday
Especially on Sunday
1991 • as Vittorio
★ 6.2
Before Your Eyes - Vietnam
Before Your Eyes - Vietnam
1982
★ 7.0
Amnesia
Amnesia
2015 • as Bruno
★ 5.5
Private Resistance
Private Resistance
1985 • as Gustav
★ 7.0
movie
Die Mutter
1971
★ 10.0
Wim Wenders, Desperado
Wim Wenders, Desperado
2020 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 7.7
Black and White Like Day and Night
Black and White Like Day and Night
1978 • as Thomas Rosemund
★ 6.3
movie
Die Bakchen
1974 • as Pentheus
★ 10.0
Winter Journey
Winter Journey
2019 • as George Goldsmith
★ 8.0
Bruno Ganz - The Longing Revolutionary
Bruno Ganz - The Longing Revolutionary
2022 • as Self
The Dust of Time
The Dust of Time
2008 • as Jacob
★ 6.4
In Times of Fading Light
In Times of Fading Light
2017 • as Wilhelm Powileit
★ 6.6
The Left-Handed Woman
The Left-Handed Woman
1978 • as Bruno
★ 6.9
Le Quatuor des possibles
Le Quatuor des possibles
1992 • as Narrateur
★ 10.0
One Who Set Forth: Wim Wenders' Early Years
One Who Set Forth: Wim Wenders' Early Years
2008 • as Self
★ 7.0
movie
Coda: Thirty Years Later
2007 • as Self
★ 4.8
Il Grande Fausto
Il Grande Fausto
1995 • as Biagio Cavanna
★ 6.3
movie
Die Unberatenen
1966
★ 10.0
Pablo G. del Amo, un montador de ilusiones
Pablo G. del Amo, un montador de ilusiones
2005 • as Peter (archive footage)
★ 7.0
The Naked King - 18 Fragments on Revolution
The Naked King - 18 Fragments on Revolution
2019 • as Narrator German (voice)
The Day of the Cat
The Day of the Cat
2010 • as Kater
★ 4.7
Films to Die For
Films to Die For
2025 • as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Saint-Ex
Saint-Ex
1996 • as Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
★ 4.3
Taxiphone
Taxiphone
2010 • as Stranger
★ 4.0
The Witness
The Witness
2019 • as Nikola Radin
★ 7.0
movie
Chikita
1962 • as Jazzfan
★ 7.0
Colors in the Dark
Colors in the Dark
2011 • as Fred
★ 5.4
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Faust II
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Faust II
2001 • as Faust
★ 8.0
Dancing Arabs
Dancing Arabs
2014 • as Self (archive footage) (voice) (uncredited)
★ 6.5
Julia's Disappearance
Julia's Disappearance
2009 • as John
★ 6.7
Hands Up!
Hands Up!
1985 • as Self (1981 footage)
★ 5.7
movie
The Ignoramus and the Madman
1972
Strapless
Strapless
1989 • as Raymond Forbes
★ 7.4
The Ode to Joy
The Ode to Joy
2006 • as Kurt Heinrich
★ 6.0
Der Kleine Prinz
Der Kleine Prinz
2011 • as Geograph
Alias Kurban Saïd
Alias Kurban Saïd
2005 • as Narrator
★ 7.0
Prague
Prague
1992 • as Josef
★ 6.4
The Last Days of Chez Nous
The Last Days of Chez Nous
1992 • as J.P.
★ 5.8
The Soft Course
The Soft Course
1967 • as Bernhard Krahl
★ 6.3
Wings of Desire: The Angels Among Us
Wings of Desire: The Angels Among Us
2003 • as Self
★ 8.3
The Making of 'Nosferatu'
The Making of 'Nosferatu'
1979 • as Self
★ 6.3
Of Women and Horses
Of Women and Horses
2012 • as Franz Mann
★ 5.6
War and Peace
War and Peace
1982
★ 4.5
Return to the Beloved
Return to the Beloved
1979 • as Dr. Stephan Kern
★ 6.3
Claudio Abbado: Hearing the Silence
Claudio Abbado: Hearing the Silence
2003 • as Self
movie
Die Schlacht bei Lobositz
1968 • as Ulrich Braeker
★ 9.0
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Faust I
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Faust I
2001 • as Faust
★ 10.0
movie
Logik des Gefühls
1982
★ 10.0
Knife in the Head
Knife in the Head
1978 • as Hoffmann
★ 6.1
Love of a Woman
Love of a Woman
1988 • as Franco Bassani
★ 8.0
movie
Prinz Friedrich von Homburg
1973 • as Prinz Friedrich Arthur von Homburg
★ 7.0
5% de risque
5% de risque
1980 • as David
★ 6.0
Closed Circuit
Closed Circuit
1983 • as Faber
★ 7.0
To Duration: A Tribute to Peter Handke
To Duration: A Tribute to Peter Handke
2017
The End Is My Beginning
The End Is My Beginning
2010 • as Tiziano Terzani
★ 6.1
Lumière
Lumière
1976 • as Heinrich Grun
★ 6.7
Who the F... is Roger Rossmeisl
Who the F... is Roger Rossmeisl
2020 • as Narrator (voice)
movie
Success
1991 • as Jacques Tüverlin
★ 4.7
La provinciale
La provinciale
1981 • as Rémy Muller
★ 5.7
movie
Killer aus Florida
1983
★ 8.0
Giovanni Segantini - Magie des Lichts
Giovanni Segantini - Magie des Lichts
2015 • as Voice of Segantini
★ 6.5
A Jew Must Die
A Jew Must Die
2016 • as Arthur Bloch
★ 4.8
Beethoven - Egmont, Mozart - Symphony 35 - Claudio Abbado, Lucerne Festival Orchestra
Beethoven - Egmont, Mozart - Symphony 35 - Claudio Abbado, Lucerne Festival Orchestra
2015
The Inventor
The Inventor
1980 • as Jakob Nüssli
★ 6.4
movie
Eine große Familie
1970 • as Heinz Hallasch
★ 8.0
Lost and Found
Lost and Found
1980 • as Werner
★ 5.3
movie
Das Geheimnis unseres Waldes
2011 • as Narrator (voice)
The Power of the Past
The Power of the Past
2002 • as Bogliasco
★ 10.0
movie
Ein starker Abgang
2008 • as Heinz Kilian
★ 6.5
movie
Torquato Tasso
1969 • as Torquato Tasso
★ 7.0
Gegen Ende der Nacht
Gegen Ende der Nacht
1998 • as Fehleisen
★ 5.0
Der Herr mit der schwarzen Melone
Der Herr mit der schwarzen Melone
1960 • as Kammerdiener
★ 7.0
The Wild Duck
The Wild Duck
1976 • as Gregers Werle
★ 9.0
Night on Fire
Night on Fire
1992 • as Peter Keller
★ 4.7
Diario senza date
Diario senza date
1995
★ 10.0
The End of an Eternity
The End of an Eternity
2000 • as Self
movie
You Can't Go Home Again
1999 • as Narrator (voice)
★ 9.0
St. Stephen's: The Living Cathedral
St. Stephen's: The Living Cathedral
1997 • as Narrator (German voice)
★ 7.0
movie
Remembrance: Film for Curt Bois
1982 • as Self
★ 4.0