Bruno Ganz

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Bruno Ganz

Acting March 22, 1941

Zürich, Switzerland

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…

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Downfall

Downfall

7.9 2004 Movie
Unknown

Unknown

6.7 2011 Movie
The Reader

The Reader

7.5 2008 Movie
The House That Jack Built

The House That Jack Built

7.1 2018 Movie
The Counselor

The Counselor

5.3 2013 Movie
The Manchurian Candidate

The Manchurian Candidate

6.5 2004 Movie
Wings of Desire

Wings of Desire

7.8 1987 Movie
Scene of the Crime

Scene of the Crime

6.2 1970 TV Show
Nosferatu the Vampyre

Nosferatu the Vampyre

7.3 1979 Movie
A Hidden Life

A Hidden Life

7.2 2019 Movie
Remember

Remember

7.4 2015 Movie
In Order of Disappearance

In Order of Disappearance

6.9 2014 Movie

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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

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2025
    Films to Die For

    Movie (archive footage) (uncredited)

  2. 2022
    Bruno Ganz - The Longing Revolutionary

    Movie Self

  3. 2020
    Wim Wenders - Von Filmen und Träumen

    TV show Self

  4. 2020
    Who the F... is Roger Rossmeisl

    Movie Narrator (voice)

  5. 2020
    Wim Wenders, Desperado

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  6. 2019
    Winter Journey

    Movie George Goldsmith

  7. 2019
    The Naked King - 18 Fragments on Revolution

    Movie Narrator German (voice)

  8. 2019
    A Hidden Life

    Movie Richter

  9. 2019
    The Witness

    Movie Nikola Radin

  10. 2018
    The Tobacconist

    Movie Sigmund Freud

  11. 2018
    The House That Jack Built

    Movie Verge

  12. 2018
    Fortuna

    Movie Brother Jean

  13. 2017
    To Duration: A Tribute to Peter Handke

    Movie

  14. 2017
    The Party

    Movie Godfried

  15. 2017
    In Times of Fading Light

    Movie Wilhelm Powileit

  16. 2016
    A Jew Must Die

    Movie Arthur Bloch

More credits
  1. 2015
    Heidi

    Movie Alpöhi

  2. 2015
    Spiel für dein Land

    TV show Self

  3. 2015
    Remember

    Movie Rudy Kurlander #1

  4. 2015
    Amnesia

    Movie Bruno

  5. 2015
    Giovanni Segantini - Magie des Lichts

    Movie Voice of Segantini

  6. 2015
    Beethoven - Egmont, Mozart - Symphony 35 - Claudio Abbado, Lucerne Festival Orchestra

    Movie

  7. 2014
    Dancing Arabs

    Movie Self (archive footage) (voice) (uncredited)

  8. 2014
    In Order of Disappearance

    Movie Papa

  9. 2013
    The Counselor

    Movie Diamond Dealer

  10. 2013
    Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas

    Movie The Governor

  11. 2013
    Night Train to Lisbon

    Movie Older Jorge O'Kelly

  12. 2012
    Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

    Movie (archive footage)

  13. 2012
    Of Women and Horses

    Movie Franz Mann

  14. 2011
    Das Geheimnis unseres Waldes

    Movie Narrator (voice)

  15. 2011
    Der Kleine Prinz

    Movie Geograph

  16. 2011
    Unknown

    Movie Ernst Jürgen

  17. 2011
    Colors in the Dark

    Movie Fred

  18. 2010
    The End Is My Beginning

    Movie Tiziano Terzani

  19. 2010
    Taxiphone

    Movie Stranger

  20. 2010
    The Day of the Cat

    Movie Kater

  21. 2009
    Julia's Disappearance

    Movie John

  22. 2008
    The Reader

    Movie Professor Rohl

  23. 2008
    The Dust of Time

    Movie Jacob

  24. 2008
    The Baader Meinhof Complex

    Movie Horst Herold