Bruno Ganz

Biography

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

Scene of the Crime

Leute heute

Bambi

Screen Two

Kulturplatz

Heidi

Boulevard Bio

The Reader

All Movies (132)

• Films to Die For2025 · as (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Bruno Ganz - The Longing Revolutionary2022 · as Self
• Who the F... is Roger Rossmeisl2020 · as Narrator (voice)
• Wim Wenders, Desperado2020 · as Self (archive footage)
• Winter Journey2019 · as George Goldsmith
• The Naked King - 18 Fragments on Revolution2019 · as Narrator German (voice)
• A Hidden Life2019 · as Richter
• The Witness2019 · as Nikola Radin
• The Tobacconist2018 · as Sigmund Freud
• The House That Jack Built2018 · as Verge
• Fortuna2018 · as Brother Jean
• To Duration: A Tribute to Peter Handke2017
• The Party2017 · as Godfried
• In Times of Fading Light2017 · as Wilhelm Powileit
• A Jew Must Die2016 · as Arthur Bloch
• Heidi2015 · as Alpöhi
• Remember2015 · as Rudy Kurlander #1
• Amnesia2015 · as Bruno
• Giovanni Segantini - Magie des Lichts2015 · as Voice of Segantini
• Dancing Arabs2014 · as Self (archive footage) (voice) (uncredited)
• In Order of Disappearance2014 · as Papa
• The Counselor2013 · as Diamond Dealer
• Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas2013 · as The Governor
• Night Train to Lisbon2013 · as Older Jorge O'Kelly
• Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen2012 · as (archive footage)
• Of Women and Horses2012 · as Franz Mann
• Das Geheimnis unseres Waldes2011 · as Narrator (voice)
• Der Kleine Prinz2011 · as Geograph
• Unknown2011 · as Ernst Jürgen
• Colors in the Dark2011 · as Fred
• The End Is My Beginning2010 · as Tiziano Terzani
• Taxiphone2010 · as Stranger
• The Day of the Cat2010 · as Kater
• Julia's Disappearance2009 · as John
• The Reader2008 · as Professor Rohl
• The Dust of Time2008 · as Jacob
• The Baader Meinhof Complex2008 · as Horst Herold
• Ein starker Abgang2008 · as Heinz Kilian
• Copacabana2008 · as Herbert Schubert
• One Who Set Forth: Wim Wenders' Early Years2008 · as Self
• Coda: Thirty Years Later2007 · as Self
• Youth Without Youth2007 · as Professor Stanciulescu
• The Ode to Joy2006 · as Kurt Heinrich
• Have No Fear: The Life of Pope John Paul II2006 · as Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski
• Vitus2006 · as Grandfather
• Pablo G. del Amo, un montador de ilusiones2005 · as Peter (archive footage)
• Hitlers letzte Tage - Der Film "Der Untergang"2005 · as Self
• Alias Kurban Saïd2005 · as Narrator
• Downfall2004 · as Adolf Hitler
• The Manchurian Candidate2004 · as Delp
• Bruno Ganz - Ein europäischer Schauspieler2004 · as Self
• Luther2003 · as Johann von Staupitz
• Behind Me2003 · as Self
• Claudio Abbado: Hearing the Silence2003 · as Self
• Wings of Desire: The Angels Among Us2003 · as Self
• Epsteins Nacht2002 · as Adam Rose
• The Power of the Past2002 · as Bogliasco
• Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Faust II2001 · as Faust
• Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Faust I2001 · as Faust
• The End of an Eternity2000 · as Self
• Klaus Kinski: I'm not an actor2000 · as Self (archive footage)
• Bread and Tulips2000 · as Fernando Girasoli
• WhoAfraidWolf2000
• You Can't Go Home Again1999 · as Narrator (voice)
• Eternity and a Day1998 · as Alexandros
• Gegen Ende der Nacht1998 · as Fehleisen
• St. Stephen's: The Living Cathedral1997 · as Narrator (German voice)
• Deadly Silence1997 · as Hans Plache
• Saint-Ex1996 · as Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
• Lumière & Company1995 · as Damiel (segment "Wim Wenders")
• Il Grande Fausto1995 · as Biagio Cavanna
• Diario senza date1995
• Faraway, So Close!1993 · as Damiel
• The Absence1993 · as Player
• Night on Fire1992 · as Peter Keller
• The Last Days of Chez Nous1992 · as J.P.
• Prague1992 · as Josef
• Le Quatuor des possibles1992 · as Narrateur
• Especially on Sunday1991 · as Vittorio
• Children of Nature1991 · as Engill
• Success1991 · as Jacques Tüverlin
• The Architecture of Doom1989 · as German narrator (voice)
• Strapless1989 · as Raymond Forbes
• Bankomatt1989 · as Bruno
• Love of a Woman1988 · as Franco Bassani
• The Legendary Life of Ernest Hemingway1988 · as Ezra Pound
• Wings of Desire1987 · as Damiel
• Thomas Bernhard – Ein Widerspruch. »Die Ursache bin ich selbst«1986 · as Narrator
• El río de oro1986 · as Peter
• Private Resistance1985 · as Gustav
• Hands Up!1985 · as Self (1981 footage)
• Closed Circuit1983 · as Faber
• Killer aus Florida1983
• In the White City1983 · as Paul
• Logik des Gefühls1982
• War and Peace1982
• Remembrance: Film for Curt Bois1982 · as Self
• Before Your Eyes - Vietnam1982
• Circle of Deceit1981 · as Georg Laschen
• Lady of the Camelias1981 · as Count Perregaux
• La provinciale1981 · as Rémy Muller
• The Inventor1980 · as Jakob Nüssli
• Polenta1980
• 5% de risque1980 · as David
• Lost and Found1980 · as Werner
• The Making of 'Nosferatu'1979 · as Self
• Return to the Beloved1979 · as Dr. Stephan Kern
• Nosferatu the Vampyre1979 · as Jonathan Harker
• Knife in the Head1978 · as Hoffmann
• Black and White Like Day and Night1978 · as Thomas Rosemund
• The Boys from Brazil1978 · as Professor Bruckner
• The Left-Handed Woman1978 · as Bruno
• The American Friend1977 · as Jonathan Zimmermann
• The Wild Duck1976 · as Gregers Werle
• The Marquise of O1976 · as Der Graf
• Lumière1976 · as Heinrich Grun
• Summer Guests1976 · as Jakov Shalimov
• Die Bakchen1974 · as Pentheus
• Prinz Friedrich von Homburg1973 · as Prinz Friedrich Arthur von Homburg
• The Ignoramus and the Madman1972
• Die Mutter1971
• Eine große Familie1970 · as Heinz Hallasch
• Torquato Tasso1969 · as Torquato Tasso
• Im Dickicht der Städte1968 · as George Garga
• Die Schlacht bei Lobositz1968 · as Ulrich Braeker
• The Soft Course1967 · as Bernhard Krahl
• Die Unberatenen1966
• Frühlings Erwachen1966 · as Moritz Stiefel
• Der Spaßvogel1964 · as Johnny
• Chikita1962 · as Jazzfan
• A Roof Over Your Head1962 · as Fred Weber
• Der Herr mit der schwarzen Melone1960 · as Kammerdiener

All TV Shows (21)

• Wim Wenders - Von Filmen und Träumen2020 · as Self
• Spiel für dein Land2015 · as Self
• Kulturplatz2004 · as Self
• Our Best2003 · as Self
• Menschen bei Maischberger2003 · as Self
• Das Jahrhundert des Theaters2002 · as Self
• Sternstunde Kunst1998 · as Self
• Leute heute1997 · as Self
• Boulevard Bio1991 · as Self
• Tassilo - Ein Fall für sich1991 · as Tassilo
• Anwalt Abel1988 · as Crusius
• Fathers and Sons: A German Tragedy1986 · as Heinrich Beck
• Screen Two1985 · as Josef
• Goldene Kamera1984 · as Self
• La Storia Vera Della Signora Dalle Camelie1981 · as Count Perregaux
• Bavarian Film Awards1979 · as Self
• Scene of the Crime1970 · as Bombadil
• Grimme Award1964 · as Self
• Zur Person1963 · as Self
• German Film Award1951 · as Self
• Bambi1948 · as Self