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