Person

Bruno Ganz

Acting · 1941–2019 · Zürich, Switzerland

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

2025Films to Die For(archive footage) (uncredited)
2022Bruno Ganz - The Longing RevolutionarySelf
2020Wim Wenders - Von Filmen und TräumenSelf
2020Who the F... is Roger RossmeislNarrator (voice)
2020Wim Wenders, DesperadoSelf (archive footage)
2019Winter JourneyGeorge Goldsmith
2019The Naked King - 18 Fragments on RevolutionNarrator German (voice)
2019A Hidden LifeRichter
2019The WitnessNikola Radin
2018The TobacconistSigmund Freud
2018The House That Jack BuiltVerge
2018FortunaBrother Jean
2017To Duration: A Tribute to Peter Handke
2017The PartyGodfried
2017In Times of Fading LightWilhelm Powileit
2016A Jew Must DieArthur Bloch
2015HeidiAlpöhi
2015Spiel für dein LandSelf
2015RememberRudy Kurlander #1
2015AmnesiaBruno
2015Giovanni Segantini - Magie des LichtsVoice of Segantini
2015Beethoven - Egmont, Mozart - Symphony 35 - Claudio Abbado, Lucerne Festival Orchestra
2014Dancing ArabsSelf (archive footage) (voice) (uncredited)
2014In Order of DisappearancePapa
2013The CounselorDiamond Dealer
2013Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael KohlhaasThe Governor
2013Night Train to LisbonOlder Jorge O'Kelly
2012Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen(archive footage)
2012Of Women and HorsesFranz Mann
2011Das Geheimnis unseres WaldesNarrator (voice)
2011Der Kleine PrinzGeograph
2011UnknownErnst Jürgen
2011Colors in the DarkFred
2010The End Is My BeginningTiziano Terzani
2010TaxiphoneStranger
2010The Day of the CatKater
2009Julia's DisappearanceJohn
2008The ReaderProfessor Rohl
2008The Dust of TimeJacob
2008The Baader Meinhof ComplexHorst Herold
2008Ein starker AbgangHeinz Kilian
2008CopacabanaHerbert Schubert
2008One Who Set Forth: Wim Wenders' Early YearsSelf
2007Coda: Thirty Years LaterSelf
2007Youth Without YouthProfessor Stanciulescu
2006The Ode to JoyKurt Heinrich
2006Have No Fear: The Life of Pope John Paul IICardinal Stefan Wyszynski
2006VitusGrandfather
2005Pablo G. del Amo, un montador de ilusionesPeter (archive footage)
2005Hitlers letzte Tage - Der Film "Der Untergang"Self
2005Alias Kurban SaïdNarrator
2004DownfallAdolf Hitler
2004KulturplatzSelf
2004The Manchurian CandidateDelp
2004Bruno Ganz - Ein europäischer SchauspielerSelf
2003Our BestSelf
2003LutherJohann von Staupitz
2003Behind MeSelf
2003Claudio Abbado: Hearing the SilenceSelf
2003Menschen bei MaischbergerSelf
2003Wings of Desire: The Angels Among UsSelf
2002Epsteins NachtAdam Rose
2002The Power of the PastBogliasco
2002Das Jahrhundert des TheatersSelf
2001Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Faust IIFaust
2001Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Faust IFaust
2000The End of an EternitySelf
2000Klaus Kinski: I'm not an actorSelf (archive footage)
2000Bread and TulipsFernando Girasoli
2000WhoAfraidWolf
2000Antipasti Umbro
1999You Can't Go Home AgainNarrator (voice)
1998Sternstunde KunstSelf
1998Eternity and a DayAlexandros
1998Gegen Ende der NachtFehleisen
1997St. Stephen's: The Living CathedralNarrator (German voice)
1997Leute heuteSelf
1997Deadly SilenceHans Plache
1996Saint-ExAntoine de Saint-Exupéry
1995Lumière & CompanyDamiel (segment "Wim Wenders")
1995Il Grande FaustoBiagio Cavanna
1995Diario senza date
1993Faraway, So Close!Damiel
1993The AbsencePlayer
1992Night on FirePeter Keller
1992The Last Days of Chez NousJ.P.
1992PragueJosef
1992Le Quatuor des possiblesNarrateur
1991Especially on SundayVittorio
1991Boulevard BioSelf
1991Children of NatureEngill
1991SuccessJacques Tüverlin
1991Tassilo - Ein Fall für sichTassilo
1989The Architecture of DoomGerman narrator (voice)
1989StraplessRaymond Forbes
1989BankomattBruno
1988Anwalt AbelCrusius
1988Love of a WomanFranco Bassani
1988The Legendary Life of Ernest HemingwayEzra Pound
1987Wings of DesireDamiel
1986Fathers and Sons: A German TragedyHeinrich Beck
1986Thomas Bernhard – Ein Widerspruch. »Die Ursache bin ich selbst«Narrator
1986El río de oroPeter
1985Private ResistanceGustav
1985Hands Up!Self (1981 footage)
1985Screen TwoJosef
1984Goldene KameraSelf
1983Closed CircuitFaber
1983Killer aus Florida
1983In the White CityPaul
1982Logik des Gefühls
1982War and Peace
1982Remembrance: Film for Curt BoisSelf
1982Before Your Eyes - Vietnam
1981Circle of DeceitGeorg Laschen
1981Lady of the CameliasCount Perregaux
1981La Storia Vera Della Signora Dalle CamelieCount Perregaux
1981La provincialeRémy Muller
1980The InventorJakob Nüssli
1980Polenta
19805% de risqueDavid
1980Lost and FoundWerner
1979Bavarian Film AwardsSelf
1979The Making of 'Nosferatu'Self
1979Return to the BelovedDr. Stephan Kern
1979Nosferatu the VampyreJonathan Harker
1978Knife in the HeadHoffmann
1978Black and White Like Day and NightThomas Rosemund
1978The Boys from BrazilProfessor Bruckner
1978The Left-Handed WomanBruno
1977The American FriendJonathan Zimmermann
1976The Wild DuckGregers Werle
1976The Marquise of ODer Graf
1976LumièreHeinrich Grun
1976Summer GuestsJakov Shalimov
1974Die BakchenPentheus
1973Prinz Friedrich von HomburgPrinz Friedrich Arthur von Homburg
1972The Ignoramus and the Madman
1971Die Mutter
1970Scene of the CrimeBombadil
1970Eine große FamilieHeinz Hallasch
1969Torquato TassoTorquato Tasso
1968Im Dickicht der StädteGeorge Garga
1968Die Schlacht bei LobositzUlrich Braeker
1967The Soft CourseBernhard Krahl
1966Die Unberatenen
1966Frühlings ErwachenMoritz Stiefel
1964Der SpaßvogelJohnny
1964Grimme AwardSelf
1963Zur PersonSelf
1962ChikitaJazzfan
1962A Roof Over Your HeadFred Weber
1960Der Herr mit der schwarzen MeloneKammerdiener
1951German Film AwardSelf
1948BambiSelf

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