Acting

Bruno Ganz

Born 1941-03-22 · Zürich, Switzerland

Died 2019-02-16

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.

Credits

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Films to Die For
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
2025
Bruno Ganz - The Longing Revolutionary
as Self
2022
Wim Wenders - Von Filmen und Träumen
as Self
2020
Who the F... is Roger Rossmeisl
as Narrator (voice)
2020
Wim Wenders, Desperado
as Self (archive footage)
2020
Winter Journey
as George Goldsmith
2019
The Naked King - 18 Fragments on Revolution
as Narrator German (voice)
2019
A Hidden Life
as Richter
2019
The Witness
as Nikola Radin
2019
The Tobacconist
as Sigmund Freud
2018
The House That Jack Built
as Verge
2018
Fortuna
as Brother Jean
2018
To Duration: A Tribute to Peter Handke
2017
The Party
as Godfried
2017
In Times of Fading Light
as Wilhelm Powileit
2017
A Jew Must Die
as Arthur Bloch
2016
Heidi
as Alpöhi
2015
Spiel für dein Land
as Self
2015
Remember
as Rudy Kurlander #1
2015
Amnesia
as Bruno
2015
Giovanni Segantini - Magie des Lichts
as Voice of Segantini
2015
Beethoven - Egmont, Mozart - Symphony 35 - Claudio Abbado, Lucerne Festival Orchestra
2015
Dancing Arabs
as Self (archive footage) (voice) (uncredited)
2014
In Order of Disappearance
as Papa
2014
The Counselor
as Diamond Dealer
2013
Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas
as The Governor
2013
Night Train to Lisbon
as Older Jorge O'Kelly
2013
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
as (archive footage)
2012
Of Women and Horses
as Franz Mann
2012
Das Geheimnis unseres Waldes
as Narrator (voice)
2011
Der Kleine Prinz
as Geograph
2011
Unknown
as Ernst Jürgen
2011
Colors in the Dark
as Fred
2011
The End Is My Beginning
as Tiziano Terzani
2010
Taxiphone
as Stranger
2010
The Day of the Cat
as Kater
2010
Julia's Disappearance
as John
2009
The Reader
as Professor Rohl
2008
The Dust of Time
as Jacob
2008
The Baader Meinhof Complex
as Horst Herold
2008
Ein starker Abgang
as Heinz Kilian
2008
Copacabana
as Herbert Schubert
2008
One Who Set Forth: Wim Wenders' Early Years
as Self
2008
Coda: Thirty Years Later
as Self
2007
Youth Without Youth
as Professor Stanciulescu
2007
The Ode to Joy
as Kurt Heinrich
2006
Have No Fear: The Life of Pope John Paul II
as Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski
2006
Vitus
as Grandfather
2006
Pablo G. del Amo, un montador de ilusiones
as Peter (archive footage)
2005
Hitler's Final Days: The Movie 'Downfall'
as Self
2005
Alias Kurban Saïd
as Narrator
2005
Downfall
as Adolf Hitler
2004
Kulturplatz
as Self
2004
The Manchurian Candidate
as Delp
2004
Bruno Ganz - Ein europäischer Schauspieler
as Self
2004
Our Best
as Self
2003
Luther
as Johann von Staupitz
2003
Behind Me
as Self
2003
Claudio Abbado: Hearing the Silence
as Self
2003
Menschen bei Maischberger
as Self
2003
Wings of Desire: The Angels Among Us
as Self
2003
Epsteins Nacht
as Adam Rose
2002
The Power of the Past
as Bogliasco
2002
Das Jahrhundert des Theaters
as Self
2002
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Faust II
as Faust
2001
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Faust I
as Faust
2001
The End of an Eternity
as Self
2000
Klaus Kinski: I'm not an actor
as Self (archive footage)
2000
Bread and Tulips
as Fernando Girasoli
2000
WhoAfraidWolf
2000
Antipasto Umbro
2000
You Can't Go Home Again
as Narrator (voice)
1999
Sternstunde Kunst
as Self
1998
Eternity and a Day
as Alexandros
1998
Gegen Ende der Nacht
as Fehleisen
1998
St. Stephen's: The Living Cathedral
as Narrator (German voice)
1997
Leute heute
as Self
1997
Deadly Silence
as Hans Plache
1997
Saint-Ex
as Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
1996
Lumière & Company
as Damiel (segment "Wim Wenders")
1995