Bruno Ganz
Acting
Born March 22, 1941 — Died February 16, 2019
From Zürich, Switzerland
Also known as برونو گانتس
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 19...
Filmography
Films to Die For
(archive footage) (uncredited)
2025
Bruno Ganz - The Longing Revolutionary
Self
2022
Who the F... is Roger Rossmeisl
Narrator (voice)
2020
Wim Wenders, Desperado
Self (archive footage)
20207.7
Winter Journey
George Goldsmith
20198.0
The Naked King - 18 Fragments on Revolution
Narrator German (voice)
2019
A Hidden Life
Richter
20197.2
The Witness
Nikola Radin
20197.0
The Tobacconist
Sigmund Freud
20186.4
The House That Jack Built
Verge
20187.1
Fortuna
Brother Jean
20186.8
To Duration: A Tribute to Peter Handke
2017
The Party
Godfried
20176.3
In Times of Fading Light
Wilhelm Powileit
20176.6
A Jew Must Die
Arthur Bloch
20164.8
Heidi
Alpöhi
20157.3
Remember
Rudy Kurlander #1
20157.4
Amnesia
Bruno
20155.5
Giovanni Segantini - Magie des Lichts
Voice of Segantini
20156.5
Beethoven - Egmont, Mozart - Symphony 35 - Claudio Abbado, Lucerne Festival Orchestra
2015
Dancing Arabs
Self (archive footage) (voice) (uncredited)
20146.5
In Order of Disappearance
Papa
20146.9
The Counselor
Diamond Dealer
20135.3
Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas
The Governor
20135.9
Night Train to Lisbon
Older Jorge O'Kelly
20136.5
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
(archive footage)
20127.6
Of Women and Horses
Franz Mann
20125.6
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Das Geheimnis unseres Waldes
Narrator (voice)
2011
Der Kleine Prinz
Geograph
2011
Unknown
Ernst Jürgen
20116.7
Colors in the Dark
Fred
20115.4
The End Is My Beginning
Tiziano Terzani
20106.1
Taxiphone
Stranger
20104.0
The Day of the Cat
Kater
20104.8
Julia's Disappearance
John
20096.7
The Reader
Professor Rohl
20087.5
The Dust of Time
Jacob
20086.3
The Baader Meinhof Complex
Horst Herold
20087.0
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Ein starker Abgang
Heinz Kilian
20086.5
Copacabana
Herbert Schubert
20082.0
One Who Set Forth: Wim Wenders' Early Years
Self
20087.0
—
Coda: Thirty Years Later
Self
20074.8
Youth Without Youth
Professor Stanciulescu
20076.1
The Ode to Joy
Kurt Heinrich
20066.0
Have No Fear: The Life of Pope John Paul II
Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski
20065.1
Vitus
Grandfather
20067.4
Pablo G. del Amo, un montador de ilusiones
Peter (archive footage)
20057.0
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Hitlers letzte Tage - Der Film "Der Untergang"
Self
20057.0
Alias Kurban Saïd
Narrator
20057.0
Downfall
Adolf Hitler
20047.9
The Manchurian Candidate
Delp
20046.5
Bruno Ganz - Ein europäischer Schauspieler
Self
20046.0
Luther
Johann von Staupitz
20036.5
Behind Me
Self
2003
Claudio Abbado: Hearing the Silence
Self
2003
Wings of Desire: The Angels Among Us
Self
20038.3
Epsteins Nacht
Adam Rose
20029.0
The Power of the Past
Bogliasco
200210.0
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Faust II
Faust
20018.0
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Faust I
Faust
200110.0
The End of an Eternity
Self
2000
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Klaus Kinski: I'm not an actor
Self (archive footage)
2000
Bread and Tulips
Fernando Girasoli
20007.2
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WhoAfraidWolf
20007.0
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Antipasti Umbro
2000
—
You Can't Go Home Again
Narrator (voice)
19999.0
Eternity and a Day
Alexandros
19987.8
Gegen Ende der Nacht
Fehleisen
19985.0
St. Stephen's: The Living Cathedral
Narrator (German voice)
1997
Deadly Silence
Hans Plache
19974.0
Saint-Ex
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
19964.3
Lumière & Company
Damiel (segment "Wim Wenders")
19956.3
Il Grande Fausto
Biagio Cavanna
19956.3
Diario senza date
199510.0
Faraway, So Close!
Damiel
19936.9
The Absence
Player
19936.5
Night on Fire
Peter Keller
19924.7
The Last Days of Chez Nous
J.P.
19925.8
Prague
Josef
19926.4
Le Quatuor des possibles
Narrateur
199210.0
Especially on Sunday
Vittorio
19916.2
Children of Nature
Engill
19916.0
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Success
Jacques Tüverlin
19914.7
The Architecture of Doom
German narrator (voice)
19897.3
Strapless
Raymond Forbes
19897.4
Bankomatt
Bruno
19898.0
Love of a Woman
Franco Bassani
19888.0
The Legendary Life of Ernest Hemingway
Ezra Pound
19888.0
Wings of Desire
Damiel
19877.8
Thomas Bernhard – Ein Widerspruch. »Die Ursache bin ich selbst«
Narrator
1986
El río de oro
Peter
19864.4
Private Resistance
Gustav
19857.0
Hands Up!
Self (1981 footage)
19855.6
Closed Circuit
Faber
19837.0
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Killer aus Florida
19838.0
In the White City
Paul
19837.0
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Logik des Gefühls
198210.0
War and Peace
19824.5
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Remembrance: Film for Curt Bois
Self
19824.0
Before Your Eyes - Vietnam
19827.0
Circle of Deceit
Georg Laschen
19816.1
Lady of the Camelias
Count Perregaux
19816.1
La provinciale
Rémy Muller
19815.7
The Inventor
Jakob Nüssli
19806.4
Polenta
19809.0
5% de risque
David
19806.0
Lost and Found
Werner
19805.3
The Making of 'Nosferatu'
Self
19796.3
Return to the Beloved
Dr. Stephan Kern
19796.3
Nosferatu the Vampyre
Jonathan Harker
19797.3
Knife in the Head
Hoffmann
19786.1
Black and White Like Day and Night
Thomas Rosemund
19786.3
The Boys from Brazil
Professor Bruckner
19786.7
The Left-Handed Woman
Bruno
19786.9
The American Friend
Jonathan Zimmermann
19777.1
The Wild Duck
Gregers Werle
19769.0
The Marquise of O
Der Graf
19766.7
Lumière
Heinrich Grun
19766.8
Summer Guests
Jakov Shalimov
19767.3
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Die Bakchen
Pentheus
197410.0
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Prinz Friedrich von Homburg
Prinz Friedrich Arthur von Homburg
19737.0
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The Ignoramus and the Madman
1972
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Die Mutter
197110.0
—
Eine große Familie
Heinz Hallasch
19708.0
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Torquato Tasso
Torquato Tasso
19697.0
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Im Dickicht der Städte
George Garga
196810.0
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Die Schlacht bei Lobositz
Ulrich Braeker
19689.0
The Soft Course
Bernhard Krahl
19676.3
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Die Unberatenen
196610.0
—
Frühlings Erwachen
Moritz Stiefel
19669.0
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Der Spaßvogel
Johnny
19648.0
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Chikita
Jazzfan
19627.0
A Roof Over Your Head
Fred Weber
19627.0
Der Herr mit der schwarzen Melone
Kammerdiener
19607.0