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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.

Bruno Ganz - The Longing Revolutionary
2022
Lui-mêmeWim Wenders, Desperado
2020
Self (archive footage)Who the F... is Roger Rossmeisl
2020
Narrator (voice)A Hidden Life
2019
RichterThe Witness
2019
Nikola RadinThe Naked King - 18 Fragments on Revolution
2019
Narrator German (voice)Winter Journey
2019
George GoldsmithThe House That Jack Built
2018
VergeFortuna
2018
Brother JeanThe Tobacconist
2018
Sigmund FreudThe Party
2017
GodfriedIn Times of Fading Light
2017
Wilhelm PowileitA Jew Must Die
2016
Arthur BlochRemember
2015
Rudy Kurlander #1Giovanni Segantini - Magie des Lichts
2015
Voice of SegantiniHeidi
2015
AlpöhiAmnesia
2015
BrunoIn Order of Disappearance
2014
PapaDancing Arabs
2014
Self (archive footage) (voice) (uncredited)The Counselor
2013
Diamond DealerNight Train to Lisbon
2013
Older Jorge O'KellyAge of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas
2013
The GovernorFinal Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012
(archive footage)Of Women and Horses
2012
Franz MannUnknown
2011
Ernst JürgenColors in the Dark
2011
FredThe Day of the Cat
2010
KaterThe End Is My Beginning
2010
Tiziano TerzaniTaxiphone
2010
StrangerJulia's Disappearance
2009
JohnThe Reader
2008
Professor RohlThe Dust of Time
2008
JacobThe Baader Meinhof Complex
2008
Horst HeroldCopacabana
2008
Herbert SchubertOne Who Set Forth: Wim Wenders' Early Years
2008
SelfYouth Without Youth
2007
Professor StanciulescuVitus
2006
GrandfatherHave No Fear: The Life of Pope John Paul II
2006
Cardinal Stefan WyszynskiThe Ode to Joy
2006
Kurt HeinrichPablo G. del Amo, un montador de ilusiones
2005
Peter (archive footage)Alias Kurban Saïd
2005
NarratorDownfall
2004
Adolf HitlerThe Manchurian Candidate
2004
DelpBruno Ganz - Ein europäischer Schauspieler
2004
SelfLuther
2003
Johann von StaupitzWings of Desire: The Angels Among Us
2003
SelfThe Power of the Past
2002
BogliascoEpsteins Nacht
2002
Adam RoseJohann Wolfgang von Goethe: Faust II
2001
FaustJohann Wolfgang von Goethe: Faust I
2001
FaustBread and Tulips
2000
Fernando GirasoliThe End of an Eternity
2000
SelfEternity and a Day
1998
AlexandrosGegen Ende der Nacht
1998
FehleisenSt. Stephen's: The Living Cathedral
1997
Narrator (German voice)Deadly Silence
1997
Hans PlacheSaint-Ex
1996
Antoine de Saint-ExupéryDiario senza date
1995
Lumière & Company
1995
Damiel (segment "Wim Wenders")Il Grande Fausto
1995
Biagio CavannaFaraway, So Close!
1993
DamielThe Absence
1993
PlayerThe Last Days of Chez Nous
1992
J.P.Prague
1992
JosefNight on Fire
1992
Peter KellerChildren of Nature
1991
EngillEspecially on Sunday
1991
VittorioThe Architecture of Doom
1989
German narrator (voice)Strapless
1989
Raymond ForbesBankomatt
1989
BrunoThe Legendary Life of Ernest Hemingway
1988
Ezra PoundLove of a Woman
1988
Franco BassaniWings of Desire
1987
DamielEl río de oro
1986
PeterThomas Bernhard – Ein Widerspruch. »Die Ursache bin ich selbst«
1986
NarratorHands Up!
1985
Self (1981 footage)Private Resistance
1985
GustavIn the White City
1983
PaulSystem Without Shadow
1983
FaberKrieg und Frieden
1982
Circle of Deceit
1981
Georg LaschenLady of the Camelias
1981
Count PerregauxLa provinciale
1981
Rémy MullerLost and Found
1980
WernerPolenta
1980
The Inventor
1980
Jakob Nüssli5% de risque
1980
DavidNosferatu the Vampyre
1979
Jonathan HarkerReturn to the Beloved
1979
Dr. Stephan KernThe Making of 'Nosferatu'
1979
SelfKnife in the Head
1978
HoffmannThe Boys from Brazil
1978
Professor BrucknerBlack and White Like Day and Night
1978
Thomas RosemundThe Left-Handed Woman
1978
BrunoThe American Friend
1977
Jonathan ZimmermannThe Marquise of O
1976
Der GrafLumière
1976
Heinrich GrunThe Wild Duck
1976
Gregers WerleSummer Guests
1976
Jakov ShalimovDer sanfte Lauf
1967
Bernhard KrahlA Roof Over Your Head
1962
Fred WeberDer Herr mit der schwarzen Melone
1960
Kammerdiener