Bruno Ganz

Acting

Bruno Ganz

Born 22 March 1941 · Zürich, Switzerland · Died 16 February 2019 at 77

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

Highlights

Downfall2004 · Film · Adolf Hitler
The Reader2008 · Film · Professor Rohl
Wings of Desire1987 · Film · Damiel
The House That Jack Built2018 · Film · Verge
Unknown2011 · Film · Ernst Jürgen
Nosferatu the Vampyre1979 · Film · Jonathan Harker

Filmography

Movies

90 films

Winter Journey2019 · Film · George Goldsmith
A Hidden Life2019 · Film · Richter
The Witness2019 · Film · Nikola Radin
The Tobacconist2018 · Film · Sigmund Freud
The House That Jack Built2018 · Film · Verge
Fortuna2018 · Film · Brother Jean
To Duration: A Tribute to Peter Handke2017 · Film
The Party2017 · Film · Godfried
In Times of Fading Light2017 · Film · Wilhelm Powileit
A Jew Must Die2016 · Film · Arthur Bloch
Heidi2015 · Film · Alpöhi
Remember2015 · Film · Rudy Kurlander #1
Amnesia2015 · Film · Bruno
Giovanni Segantini - Magie des Lichts2015 · Film · Voice of Segantini
Beethoven - Egmont, Mozart - Symphony 35 - Claudio Abbado, Lucerne Festival Orchestra2015 · Film
In Order of Disappearance2014 · Film · Papa
The Counselor2013 · Film · Diamond Dealer
Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas2013 · Film · The Governor
Night Train to Lisbon2013 · Film · Older Jorge O'Kelly
Of Women and Horses2012 · Film · Franz Mann
Der Kleine Prinz2011 · Film · Geograph
Unknown2011 · Film · Ernst Jürgen
Colors in the Dark2011 · Film · Fred
The End Is My Beginning2010 · Film · Tiziano Terzani
Taxiphone2010 · Film · Stranger
The Day of the Cat2010 · Film · Kater
Julia's Disappearance2009 · Film · John
The Reader2008 · Film · Professor Rohl
The Dust of Time2008 · Film · Jacob
The Baader Meinhof Complex2008 · Film · Horst Herold
Copacabana2008 · Film · Herbert Schubert
Youth Without Youth2007 · Film · Professor Stanciulescu
The Ode to Joy2006 · Film · Kurt Heinrich
Have No Fear: The Life of Pope John Paul II2006 · Film · Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski
Vitus2006 · Film · Grandfather
Downfall2004 · Film · Adolf Hitler
The Manchurian Candidate2004 · Film · Delp
Luther2003 · Film · Johann von Staupitz
Epsteins Nacht2002 · Film · Adam Rose
The Power of the Past2002 · Film · Bogliasco
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Faust II2001 · Film · Faust
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Faust I2001 · Film · Faust
Bread and Tulips2000 · Film · Fernando Girasoli
Eternity and a Day1998 · Film · Alexandros
Gegen Ende der Nacht1998 · Film · Fehleisen
Deadly Silence1997 · Film · Hans Plache
Saint-Ex1996 · Film · Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Lumière & Company1995 · Film · Damiel (segment "Wim Wenders")
Diario senza date1995 · Film
Faraway, So Close!1993 · Film · Damiel
The Absence1993 · Film · Player
Night on Fire1992 · Film · Peter Keller
The Last Days of Chez Nous1992 · Film · J.P.
Prague1992 · Film · Josef
Le Quatuor des possibles1992 · Film · Narrateur
Especially on Sunday1991 · Film · Vittorio
Children of Nature1991 · Film · Engill
The Architecture of Doom1989 · Film · German narrator (voice)
Strapless1989 · Film · Raymond Forbes
Bankomatt1989 · Film · Bruno
Love of a Woman1988 · Film · Franco Bassani
The Legendary Life of Ernest Hemingway1988 · Film · Ezra Pound
Wings of Desire1987 · Film · Damiel
El río de oro1986 · Film · Peter
Private Resistance1985 · Film · Gustav
Closed Circuit1983 · Film · Faber
In the White City1983 · Film · Paul
War and Peace1982 · Film
Before Your Eyes - Vietnam1982 · Film
Circle of Deceit1981 · Film · Georg Laschen
Lady of the Camelias1981 · Film · Count Perregaux
La provinciale1981 · Film · Rémy Muller
The Inventor1980 · Film · Jakob Nüssli
Polenta1980 · Film
5% de risque1980 · Film · David
Lost and Found1980 · Film · Werner
Return to the Beloved1979 · Film · Dr. Stephan Kern
Nosferatu the Vampyre1979 · Film · Jonathan Harker
Knife in the Head1978 · Film · Hoffmann
Black and White Like Day and Night1978 · Film · Thomas Rosemund
The Boys from Brazil1978 · Film · Professor Bruckner
The Left-Handed Woman1978 · Film · Bruno
The American Friend1977 · Film · Jonathan Zimmermann
The Wild Duck1976 · Film · Gregers Werle
The Marquise of O1976 · Film · Der Graf
Lumière1976 · Film · Heinrich Grun
Summer Guests1976 · Film · Jakov Shalimov
The Soft Course1967 · Film · Bernhard Krahl
A Roof Over Your Head1962 · Film · Fred Weber
Der Herr mit der schwarzen Melone1960 · Film · Kammerdiener

Filmography

Series

6 shows

Il Grande Fausto1995 · Series · Biagio Cavanna
Anwalt Abel1988 · Series · Crusius
Fathers and Sons: A German Tragedy1986 · Series · Heinrich Beck
Screen Two1985 · Series · Josef
La Storia Vera Della Signora Dalle Camelie1981 · Series · Count Perregaux
Scene of the Crime1970 · Series · Bombadil