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