Acting
Bruno Ganz
EN, DE, DA, FR cinema · 133 credits
Born
22 March 1941
Died
16 February 2019 (aged 77)
Birthplace
Zürich, Switzerland
Also known as برونو گانتس
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
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Wim Wenders, Desperado
as Self (archive footage)
Who the F... is Roger Rossmeisl
as Narrator (voice)
A Hidden Life
as Richter
The Witness
as Nikola Radin
The Naked King - 18 Fragments on Revolution
as Narrator German (voice)
Winter Journey
as George Goldsmith
Fortuna
as Brother Jean
The Tobacconist
as Sigmund Freud
The Party
as Godfried
In Times of Fading Light
as Wilhelm Powileit
A Jew Must Die
as Arthur Bloch
Remember
as Rudy Kurlander #1
Giovanni Segantini - Magie des Lichts
as Voice of Segantini
Heidi
as Alpöhi
Amnesia
as Bruno
Dancing Arabs
as Self (archive footage) (voice) (uncredited)
The Counselor
as Diamond Dealer
Night Train to Lisbon
as Older Jorge O'Kelly
Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas
as The Governor
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
as (archive footage)
Of Women and Horses
as Franz Mann
Unknown
as Ernst Jürgen
Der Kleine Prinz
as Geograph
The Day of the Cat
as Kater
The End Is My Beginning
as Tiziano Terzani
Taxiphone
as Stranger
The Reader
as Professor Rohl
The Dust of Time
as Jacob
Ein starker Abgang
2008
Ein starker Abgang
as Heinz Kilian
The Baader Meinhof Complex
as Horst Herold
Copacabana
as Herbert Schubert
Youth Without Youth
as Professor Stanciulescu
Vitus
as Grandfather
Have No Fear: The Life of Pope John Paul II
as Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski
The Ode to Joy
as Kurt Heinrich
Pablo G. del Amo, un montador de ilusiones
as Peter (archive footage)
Alias Kurban Saïd
as Narrator
Downfall
as Adolf Hitler
Luther
as Johann von Staupitz
Behind Me
as Self
The Power of the Past
as Bogliasco
Epsteins Nacht
as Adam Rose
Bread and Tulips
as Fernando Girasoli
Klaus Kinski: I'm not an actor
as Self (archive footage)
You Can't Go Home Again
1999
You Can't Go Home Again
as Narrator (voice)
Eternity and a Day
as Alexandros
Gegen Ende der Nacht
as Fehleisen
St. Stephen's: The Living Cathedral
as Narrator (German voice)
Deadly Silence
as Hans Plache
Saint-Ex
as Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Lumière & Company
as Damiel (segment "Wim Wenders")
Faraway, So Close!
as Damiel
The Absence
as Player
Prague
as Josef
Night on Fire
as Peter Keller
Le Quatuor des possibles
as Narrateur
Children of Nature
as Engill
Especially on Sunday
as Vittorio
Erfolg
1991
Success
as Jacques Tüverlin
The Architecture of Doom
as German narrator (voice)
Strapless
as Raymond Forbes
Bankomatt
as Bruno
The Legendary Life of Ernest Hemingway
as Ezra Pound
Love of a Woman
as Franco Bassani
Wings of Desire
as Damiel
El río de oro
as Peter
Hands Up!
as Self (1981 footage)
Private Resistance
as Gustav
Closed Circuit
as Faber
Gedächtnis: Ein Film für Curt Bois und Bernhard Minetti
1982
Remembrance: Film for Curt Bois
as Self, Director
Circle of Deceit
as Georg Laschen
Lady of the Camelias
as Count Perregaux
La provinciale
as Rémy Muller
Lost and Found
as Werner
Polenta
Actor
The Inventor
as Jakob Nüssli
5% de risque
as David
Nosferatu the Vampyre
as Jonathan Harker
Return to the Beloved
as Dr. Stephan Kern
Knife in the Head
as Hoffmann
The Boys from Brazil
as Professor Bruckner
Black and White Like Day and Night
as Thomas Rosemund
The American Friend
as Jonathan Zimmermann
The Marquise of O
as Der Graf
Lumière
as Heinrich Grun
The Wild Duck
as Gregers Werle
Summer Guests
as Jakov Shalimov
Die Bakchen
1974
Die Bakchen
as Pentheus
Prinz Friedrich von Homburg
1973
Prinz Friedrich von Homburg
as Prinz Friedrich Arthur von Homburg
Eine große Familie
1970
Eine große Familie
as Heinz Hallasch
Torquato Tasso
1969
Torquato Tasso
as Torquato Tasso
Die Schlacht bei Lobositz
1968
Die Schlacht bei Lobositz
as Ulrich Braeker
The Soft Course
as Bernhard Krahl
Frühlings Erwachen
1966
Frühlings Erwachen
as Moritz Stiefel
A Roof Over Your Head
as Fred Weber
Chikita
1962
Chikita
as Jazzfan
Der Herr mit der schwarzen Melone
as Kammerdiener