Bruno Ganz
Known for acting · Born 22 March 1941 · Died 16 February 2019 · aged 77 · Zürich, Switzerland
156 credits
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
Downfall
2004
The House That Jack Built
2018
Wings of Desire
1987
Nosferatu the Vampyre
1979
Unknown
2011
Remember
2015
In Order of Disappearance
2014
The Reader
2008
The American Friend
1977
Heidi
2015
The Counselor
2013
The Manchurian Candidate
2004
Acting (155)
2025Films to Die For(archive footage) (uncredited)Film
2022Bruno Ganz - The Longing RevolutionarySelfFilm
2020Wim Wenders, DesperadoSelf (archive footage)Film
2020Wim Wenders - Von Filmen und TräumenSelf · 4 episodesSeries
2020Who the F... is Roger RossmeislNarrator (voice)Film
2019A Hidden LifeRichterFilm
2019Winter JourneyGeorge GoldsmithFilm
2019The WitnessNikola RadinFilm
2019The Naked King - 18 Fragments on RevolutionNarrator German (voice)Film
2018The House That Jack BuiltVergeFilm
2018The TobacconistSigmund FreudFilm
2018FortunaBrother JeanFilm
2017The PartyGodfriedFilm
2017In Times of Fading LightWilhelm PowileitFilm
2017To Duration: A Tribute to Peter HandkeFilm
2016A Jew Must DieArthur BlochFilm
2015RememberRudy Kurlander #1Film
2015HeidiAlpöhiFilm
2015AmnesiaBrunoFilm
2015Giovanni Segantini - Magie des LichtsVoice of SegantiniFilm
2015Beethoven - Egmont, Mozart - Symphony 35 - Claudio Abbado, Lucerne Festival OrchestraFilm
2015Spiel für dein LandSelfSeries
2014In Order of DisappearancePapaFilm
2014Dancing ArabsSelf (archive footage) (voice) (uncredited)Film
2013The CounselorDiamond DealerFilm
2013Night Train to LisbonOlder Jorge O'KellyFilm
2013Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael KohlhaasThe GovernorFilm
2012Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen(archive footage)Film
2012Of Women and HorsesFranz MannFilm
2011UnknownErnst JürgenFilm
2011Colors in the DarkFredFilm
2011Das Geheimnis unseres WaldesNarrator (voice)Film
2011Der Kleine PrinzGeographFilm
2010The End Is My BeginningTiziano TerzaniFilm
2010The Day of the CatKaterFilm
2010TaxiphoneStrangerFilm
2009Julia's DisappearanceJohnFilm
2008The ReaderProfessor RohlFilm
2008The Baader Meinhof ComplexHorst HeroldFilm
2008The Dust of TimeJacobFilm
2008One Who Set Forth: Wim Wenders' Early YearsSelfFilm
2008Ein starker AbgangHeinz KilianFilm
2008CopacabanaHerbert SchubertFilm
2007Youth Without YouthProfessor StanciulescuFilm
2007Coda: Thirty Years LaterSelfFilm
2006VitusGrandfatherFilm
2006Have No Fear: The Life of Pope John Paul IICardinal Stefan WyszynskiFilm
2006The Ode to JoyKurt HeinrichFilm
2005Pablo G. del Amo, un montador de ilusionesPeter (archive footage)Film
2005Hitler's Final Days: The Movie 'Downfall'SelfFilm
2005Alias Kurban SaïdNarratorFilm
2004DownfallAdolf HitlerFilm
2004The Manchurian CandidateDelpFilm
2004Bruno Ganz - Ein europäischer SchauspielerSelfFilm
2004KulturplatzSelfSeries
2003LutherJohann von StaupitzFilm
2003Menschen bei MaischbergerSelfSeries
2003Wings of Desire: The Angels Among UsSelfFilm
2003Behind MeSelfFilm
2003Claudio Abbado: Hearing the SilenceSelfFilm
2003Our BestSelfSeries
2002The Power of the PastBogliascoFilm
2002Epsteins NachtAdam RoseFilm
2002Das Jahrhundert des TheatersSelfSeries
2001Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Faust IIFaustFilm
2001Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Faust IFaustFilm
2000Bread and TulipsFernando GirasoliFilm
2000WhoAfraidWolfFilm
2000The End of an EternitySelfFilm
2000Klaus Kinski: I'm not an actorSelf (archive footage)Film
2000Antipasto UmbroFilm
1999You Can't Go Home AgainNarrator (voice)Film
1998Eternity and a DayAlexandrosFilm
1998Gegen Ende der NachtFehleisenFilm
1998Sternstunde KunstSelfSeries
1997Leute heuteSelfSeries
1997Deadly SilenceHans PlacheFilm
1997St. Stephen's: The Living CathedralNarrator (German voice)Film
1996Saint-ExAntoine de Saint-ExupéryFilm
1995Lumière & CompanyDamiel (segment "Wim Wenders")Film
1995Diario senza dateFilm
1995Il Grande FaustoBiagio Cavanna · 2 episodesSeries
1993Faraway, So Close!DamielFilm
1993The AbsencePlayerFilm
1992The Last Days of Chez NousJ.P.Film
1992PragueJosefFilm
1992Night on FirePeter KellerFilm
1992Le Quatuor des possiblesNarrateurFilm
1991Children of NatureEngillFilm
1991Especially on SundayVittorioFilm
1991SuccessJacques TüverlinFilm
1991Boulevard BioSelfSeries
1991Tassilo - Ein Fall für sichTassilo · 6 episodesSeries
1989The Architecture of DoomGerman narrator (voice)Film
1989StraplessRaymond ForbesFilm
1989BankomattBrunoFilm
1988The Legendary Life of Ernest HemingwayEzra PoundFilm
1988Love of a WomanFranco BassaniFilm
1988Anwalt AbelCrusiusSeries
1987Wings of DesireDamielFilm
1986El río de oroPeterFilm
1986Fathers and Sons: A German TragedyHeinrich Beck · 4 episodesSeries
1986Thomas Bernhard – Ein Widerspruch. »Die Ursache bin ich selbst«NarratorFilm
1985Hands Up!Self (1981 footage)Film
1985Screen TwoJosefSeries
1985Private ResistanceGustavFilm
1984Goldene KameraSelfSeries
1983In the White CityPaulFilm
1983Closed CircuitFaberFilm
1983Killer aus FloridaFilm
1982Remembrance: Film for Curt BoisSelfFilm
1982War and PeaceFilm
1982Logik des GefühlsFilm
1982Before Your Eyes - VietnamFilm
1981Lady of the CameliasCount PerregauxFilm
1981Circle of DeceitGeorg LaschenFilm
1981La provincialeRémy MullerFilm
1981La Storia Vera Della Signora Dalle CamelieCount Perregaux · 2 episodesSeries
1980Lost and FoundWernerFilm
1980The InventorJakob NüssliFilm
19805% de risqueDavidFilm
1980PolentaFilm
1979Nosferatu the VampyreJonathan HarkerFilm
1979Return to the BelovedDr. Stephan KernFilm
1979The Making of 'Nosferatu'SelfFilm
1979Bavarian Film AwardsSelf · 2 episodesSeries
1978The Boys from BrazilProfessor BrucknerFilm
1978Knife in the HeadHoffmannFilm
1978The Left-Handed WomanBrunoFilm
1978Black and White Like Day and NightThomas RosemundFilm
1977The American FriendJonathan ZimmermannFilm
1976The Marquise of ODer GrafFilm
1976LumièreHeinrich GrunFilm
1976Summer GuestsJakov ShalimovFilm
1976The Wild DuckGregers WerleFilm
1974Die BakchenPentheusFilm
1973Prinz Friedrich von HomburgPrinz Friedrich Arthur von HomburgFilm
1972The Ignoramus and the MadmanFilm
1971Die MutterFilm
1970Scene of the CrimeBombadilSeries
1970Eine große FamilieHeinz HallaschFilm
1969Torquato TassoTorquato TassoFilm
1968Die Schlacht bei LobositzUlrich BraekerFilm
1968Im Dickicht der StädteGeorge GargaFilm
1967The Soft CourseBernhard KrahlFilm
1966Die UnberatenenFilm
1966Frühlings ErwachenMoritz StiefelFilm
1964Der SpaßvogelJohnnyFilm
1964Grimme AwardSelfSeries
1963Zur PersonSelfSeries
1962A Roof Over Your HeadFred WeberFilm
1962ChikitaJazzfanFilm
1960Der Herr mit der schwarzen MeloneKammerdienerFilm
1951German Film AwardSelf · 3 episodesSeries
1948BambiSelfSeries
Directing (1)
1982Remembrance: Film for Curt BoisDirectorFilm