Bruno Ganz
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Biography
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
Filmography
Films to Die For
2025
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Bruno Ganz - The Longing Revolutionary
2022
as Self
Wim Wenders, Desperado
2020
as Self (archive footage)
Who the F... is Roger Rossmeisl
2020
as Narrator (voice)
Wim Wenders - Von Filmen und Träumen
2020
as Self
A Hidden Life
2019
as Richter
The Witness
2019
as Nikola Radin
The Naked King - 18 Fragments on Revolution
2019
as Narrator German (voice)
Winter Journey
2019
as George Goldsmith
The House That Jack Built
2018
as Verge
Fortuna
2018
as Brother Jean
The Tobacconist
2018
as Sigmund Freud
The Party
2017
as Godfried
In Times of Fading Light
2017
as Wilhelm Powileit
To Duration: A Tribute to Peter Handke
2017
A Jew Must Die
2016
as Arthur Bloch
Remember
2015
as Rudy Kurlander #1
Giovanni Segantini - Magie des Lichts
2015
as Voice of Segantini
Heidi
2015
as Alpöhi
Amnesia
2015
as Bruno
Beethoven - Egmont, Mozart - Symphony 35 - Claudio Abbado, Lucerne Festival Orchestra
2015
Spiel für dein Land
2015
as Self
In Order of Disappearance
2014
as Papa
Dancing Arabs
2014
as Self (archive footage) (voice) (uncredited)
The Counselor
2013
as Diamond Dealer
Night Train to Lisbon
2013
as Older Jorge O'Kelly
Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas
2013
as The Governor
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012
as (archive footage)
Of Women and Horses
2012
as Franz Mann
Unknown
2011
as Ernst Jürgen
Colors in the Dark
2011
as Fred
Das Geheimnis unseres Waldes
2011
as Narrator (voice)
Der Kleine Prinz
2011
as Geograph
The Day of the Cat
2010
as Kater
The End Is My Beginning
2010
as Tiziano Terzani
Taxiphone
2010
as Stranger
Julia's Disappearance
2009
as John
The Reader
2008
as Professor Rohl
The Dust of Time
2008
as Jacob
Ein starker Abgang
2008
as Heinz Kilian
The Baader Meinhof Complex
2008
as Horst Herold
Copacabana
2008
as Herbert Schubert
One Who Set Forth: Wim Wenders' Early Years
2008
as Self
Youth Without Youth
2007
as Professor Stanciulescu
Coda: Thirty Years Later
2007
as Self
Vitus
2006
as Grandfather
Have No Fear: The Life of Pope John Paul II
2006
as Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski
The Ode to Joy
2006
as Kurt Heinrich
Hitler's Final Days: The Movie 'Downfall'
2005
as Self
Pablo G. del Amo, un montador de ilusiones
2005
as Peter (archive footage)
Alias Kurban Saïd
2005
as Narrator
Downfall
2004
as Adolf Hitler
The Manchurian Candidate
2004
as Delp
Bruno Ganz - Ein europäischer Schauspieler
2004
as Self
Kulturplatz
2004
as Self
Luther
2003
as Johann von Staupitz
Wings of Desire: The Angels Among Us
2003
as Self
Behind Me
2003
as Self
Claudio Abbado: Hearing the Silence
2003
as Self
Menschen bei Maischberger
2003
as Self
Our Best
2003
as Self
The Power of the Past
2002
as Bogliasco
Epsteins Nacht
2002
as Adam Rose
Das Jahrhundert des Theaters
2002
as Self
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Faust II
2001
as Faust
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Faust I
2001
as Faust
Bread and Tulips
2000
as Fernando Girasoli
The End of an Eternity
2000
as Self
Klaus Kinski: I'm not an actor
2000
as Self (archive footage)
WhoAfraidWolf
2000
Antipasto Umbro
2000
You Can't Go Home Again
1999
as Narrator (voice)
Eternity and a Day
1998
as Alexandros
Gegen Ende der Nacht
1998
as Fehleisen
Sternstunde Kunst
1998
as Self
St. Stephen's: The Living Cathedral
1997
as Narrator (German voice)
Deadly Silence
1997
as Hans Plache
Leute heute
1997
as Self
Saint-Ex
1996
as Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Diario senza date
1995
Lumière & Company
1995
as Damiel (segment "Wim Wenders")
Il Grande Fausto
1995
as Biagio Cavanna
Faraway, So Close!
1993
as Damiel
The Absence
1993
as Player
The Last Days of Chez Nous
1992
as J.P.
Prague
1992
as Josef
Night on Fire
1992
as Peter Keller
Le Quatuor des possibles
1992
as Narrateur
Children of Nature
1991
as Engill
Especially on Sunday
1991
as Vittorio
Success
1991
as Jacques Tüverlin
Tassilo - Ein Fall für sich
1991
as Tassilo
Boulevard Bio
1991
as Self
The Architecture of Doom
1989
as German narrator (voice)
Strapless
1989
as Raymond Forbes
Bankomatt
1989
as Bruno
The Legendary Life of Ernest Hemingway
1988
as Ezra Pound
Love of a Woman
1988
as Franco Bassani
Anwalt Abel
1988
as Crusius
Wings of Desire
1987
as Damiel
El río de oro
1986
as Peter
Thomas Bernhard – Ein Widerspruch. »Die Ursache bin ich selbst«
1986
as Narrator
Fathers and Sons: A German Tragedy
1986
as Heinrich Beck
Hands Up!
1985
as Self (1981 footage)
Private Resistance
1985
as Gustav
Screen Two
1985
as Josef
Goldene Kamera
1984
as Self
In the White City
1983
as Paul
Closed Circuit
1983
as Faber
Killer aus Florida
1983
Remembrance: Film for Curt Bois
1982
as Self
War and Peace
1982
Logik des Gefühls
1982
Before Your Eyes - Vietnam
1982
Circle of Deceit
1981
as Georg Laschen
Lady of the Camelias
1981
as Count Perregaux
La provinciale
1981
as Rémy Muller
La Storia Vera Della Signora Dalle Camelie
1981
as Count Perregaux
Lost and Found
1980
as Werner
Polenta
1980
The Inventor
1980
as Jakob Nüssli
5% de risque
1980
as David
Nosferatu the Vampyre
1979
as Jonathan Harker
Return to the Beloved
1979
as Dr. Stephan Kern
The Making of 'Nosferatu'
1979
as Self
Bavarian Film Awards
1979
as Self
Knife in the Head
1978
as Hoffmann
The Boys from Brazil
1978
as Professor Bruckner
Black and White Like Day and Night
1978
as Thomas Rosemund
The Left-Handed Woman
1978
as Bruno
The American Friend
1977
as Jonathan Zimmermann
The Marquise of O
1976
as Der Graf
Lumière
1976
as Heinrich Grun
The Wild Duck
1976
as Gregers Werle
Summer Guests
1976
as Jakov Shalimov
Die Bakchen
1974
as Pentheus
Prinz Friedrich von Homburg
1973
as Prinz Friedrich Arthur von Homburg
The Ignoramus and the Madman
1972
Die Mutter
1971
Eine große Familie
1970
as Heinz Hallasch
Scene of the Crime
1970
as Bombadil
Torquato Tasso
1969
as Torquato Tasso
Die Schlacht bei Lobositz
1968
as Ulrich Braeker
Im Dickicht der Städte
1968
as George Garga
The Soft Course
1967
as Bernhard Krahl
Die Unberatenen
1966
Frühlings Erwachen
1966
as Moritz Stiefel
Der Spaßvogel
1964
as Johnny
Grimme Award
1964
as Self
Zur Person
1963
as Self
A Roof Over Your Head
1962
as Fred Weber
Chikita
1962
as Jazzfan
Der Herr mit der schwarzen Melone
1960
as Kammerdiener
German Film Award
1951
as Self
Bambi
1948
as Self