Actor

Bruno Ganz

Bruno Ganz’s screen credits include Adolf Hitler in Downfall and Ernst Jürgen in Unknown.

Born March 22, 1941† February 16, 2019 Zürich, Switzerland2 movies on MoviHero

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Downfall

2004 · 2h 35m · Drama · History

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Unknown

2011 · 1h 53m · Action · Mystery

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About Bruno Ganz

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.

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2025
Films to Die For
(archive footage) (uncredited)
2022
Bruno Ganz - The Longing Revolutionary
Self
2020
Who the F... is Roger Rossmeisl
Narrator (voice)
2020
Wim Wenders, Desperado
Self (archive footage)
2019
Winter Journey
George Goldsmith
2019
The Naked King - 18 Fragments on Revolution
Narrator German (voice)
2019
A Hidden Life
Richter
2019
The Witness
Nikola Radin
2018
The Tobacconist
Sigmund Freud
2018
The House That Jack Built
Verge
2018
Fortuna
Brother Jean
2017
To Duration: A Tribute to Peter Handke
Actor
2017
The Party
Godfried
2017
In Times of Fading Light
Wilhelm Powileit
2016
A Jew Must Die
Arthur Bloch
2015
Heidi
Alpöhi
2015
Remember
Rudy Kurlander #1
2015
Amnesia
Bruno
2015
Giovanni Segantini - Magie des Lichts
Voice of Segantini
2015
Beethoven - Egmont, Mozart - Symphony 35 - Claudio Abbado, Lucerne Festival Orchestra
Actor
2014
Dancing Arabs
Self (archive footage) (voice) (uncredited)
2014
In Order of Disappearance
Papa
2013
The Counselor
Diamond Dealer
2013
Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas
The Governor
2013
Night Train to Lisbon
Older Jorge O'Kelly
2012
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
(archive footage)
2012
Of Women and Horses
Franz Mann
2011
Das Geheimnis unseres Waldes
Narrator (voice)
2011
Der Kleine Prinz
Geograph
2011
Colors in the Dark
Fred
2010
The End Is My Beginning
Tiziano Terzani
2010
Taxiphone
Stranger
2010
The Day of the Cat
Kater
2009
Julia's Disappearance
John
2008
The Reader
Professor Rohl
2008
The Dust of Time
Jacob
2008
The Baader Meinhof Complex
Horst Herold
2008
Ein starker Abgang
Heinz Kilian
2008
Copacabana
Herbert Schubert
2008
One Who Set Forth: Wim Wenders' Early Years
Self
2007
Coda: Thirty Years Later
Self
2007
Youth Without Youth
Professor Stanciulescu
2006
The Ode to Joy
Kurt Heinrich
2006
Have No Fear: The Life of Pope John Paul II
Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski
2006
Vitus
Grandfather
2005
Pablo G. del Amo, un montador de ilusiones
Peter (archive footage)
2005
Hitler's Final Days: The Movie 'Downfall'
Self
2005
Alias Kurban Saïd
Narrator
2004
The Manchurian Candidate
Delp
2004
Bruno Ganz - Ein europäischer Schauspieler
Self
2003
Luther
Johann von Staupitz
2003
Behind Me
Self
2003
Claudio Abbado: Hearing the Silence
Self
2003
Wings of Desire: The Angels Among Us
Self
2002
Epsteins Nacht
Adam Rose
2002
The Power of the Past
Bogliasco
2001
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Faust II
Faust
2001
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Faust I
Faust
2000
The End of an Eternity
Self
2000
Klaus Kinski: I'm not an actor
Self (archive footage)
2000
Bread and Tulips
Fernando Girasoli
2000
WhoAfraidWolf
Actor
2000
Antipasto Umbro
Actor
1999
You Can't Go Home Again
Narrator (voice)
1998
Eternity and a Day
Alexandros
1998
Gegen Ende der Nacht
Fehleisen
1997
St. Stephen's: The Living Cathedral
Narrator (German voice)
1997
Deadly Silence
Hans Plache
1996
Saint-Ex
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
1995
Lumière & Company
Damiel (segment "Wim Wenders")
1995
Diario senza date
Actor
1993
Faraway, So Close!
Damiel
1993
The Absence
Player
1992
Night on Fire
Peter Keller
1992
The Last Days of Chez Nous
J.P.
1992
Prague
Josef
1992
Le Quatuor des possibles
Narrateur
1991
Especially on Sunday
Vittorio
1991
Children of Nature
Engill
1991
Success
Jacques Tüverlin
1989
The Architecture of Doom
German narrator (voice)
1989
Strapless
Raymond Forbes
1989
Bankomatt
Bruno
1988
Love of a Woman
Franco Bassani
1988
The Legendary Life of Ernest Hemingway
Ezra Pound
1987
Wings of Desire
Damiel
1986
Thomas Bernhard – Ein Widerspruch. »Die Ursache bin ich selbst«
Narrator
1986
El río de oro
Peter
1985
Private Resistance
Gustav
1985
Hands Up!
Self (1981 footage)
1983
Closed Circuit
Faber
1983
Killer aus Florida
Actor
1983
In the White City
Paul
1982
Logik des Gefühls
Actor
1982
War and Peace
Actor
1982
Remembrance: Film for Curt Bois
Director · Self
1982
Before Your Eyes - Vietnam
Actor
1981
Circle of Deceit
Georg Laschen

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Actor

Bruno Ganz

Bruno Ganz’s screen credits include Adolf Hitler in Downfall and Ernst Jürgen in Unknown.

Born March 22, 1941† February 16, 2019 Zürich, Switzerland2 movies on MoviHero

Explore movies

WHERE TO START

Where to start

A selection of released films from our catalog, with the credited role to help you choose.

Downfall

2004 · 2h 35m · Drama · History

See the performance as Adolf Hitler.

Open movie guide

Unknown

2011 · 1h 53m · Action · Mystery

See the performance as Ernst Jürgen.

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THE PERSON BEHIND THE ROLES

About Bruno Ganz

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Showing 8 of 98 credits

2025
Films to Die For
(archive footage) (uncredited)
2022
Bruno Ganz - The Longing Revolutionary
Self
2020
Who the F... is Roger Rossmeisl
Narrator (voice)
2020
Wim Wenders, Desperado
Self (archive footage)
2019
Winter Journey
George Goldsmith
2019
The Naked King - 18 Fragments on Revolution
Narrator German (voice)
2019
A Hidden Life
Richter
2019
The Witness
Nikola Radin
2018
The Tobacconist
Sigmund Freud
2018
The House That Jack Built
Verge
2018
Fortuna
Brother Jean
2017
To Duration: A Tribute to Peter Handke
Actor
2017
The Party
Godfried
2017
In Times of Fading Light
Wilhelm Powileit
2016
A Jew Must Die
Arthur Bloch
2015
Heidi
Alpöhi
2015
Remember
Rudy Kurlander #1
2015
Amnesia
Bruno
2015
Giovanni Segantini - Magie des Lichts
Voice of Segantini
2015
Beethoven - Egmont, Mozart - Symphony 35 - Claudio Abbado, Lucerne Festival Orchestra
Actor
2014
Dancing Arabs
Self (archive footage) (voice) (uncredited)
2014
In Order of Disappearance
Papa
2013
The Counselor
Diamond Dealer
2013
Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas
The Governor
2013
Night Train to Lisbon
Older Jorge O'Kelly
2012
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
(archive footage)
2012
Of Women and Horses
Franz Mann
2011
Das Geheimnis unseres Waldes
Narrator (voice)
2011
Der Kleine Prinz
Geograph
2011
Colors in the Dark
Fred
2010
The End Is My Beginning
Tiziano Terzani
2010
Taxiphone
Stranger
2010
The Day of the Cat
Kater
2009
Julia's Disappearance
John
2008
The Reader
Professor Rohl
2008
The Dust of Time
Jacob
2008
The Baader Meinhof Complex
Horst Herold
2008
Ein starker Abgang
Heinz Kilian
2008
Copacabana
Herbert Schubert
2008
One Who Set Forth: Wim Wenders' Early Years
Self
2007
Coda: Thirty Years Later
Self
2007
Youth Without Youth
Professor Stanciulescu
2006
The Ode to Joy
Kurt Heinrich
2006
Have No Fear: The Life of Pope John Paul II
Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski
2006
Vitus
Grandfather
2005
Pablo G. del Amo, un montador de ilusiones
Peter (archive footage)
2005
Hitler's Final Days: The Movie 'Downfall'
Self
2005
Alias Kurban Saïd
Narrator
2004
The Manchurian Candidate
Delp
2004
Bruno Ganz - Ein europäischer Schauspieler
Self
2003
Luther
Johann von Staupitz
2003
Behind Me
Self
2003
Claudio Abbado: Hearing the Silence
Self
2003
Wings of Desire: The Angels Among Us
Self
2002
Epsteins Nacht
Adam Rose
2002
The Power of the Past
Bogliasco
2001
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Faust II
Faust
2001
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Faust I
Faust
2000
The End of an Eternity
Self
2000
Klaus Kinski: I'm not an actor
Self (archive footage)
2000
Bread and Tulips
Fernando Girasoli
2000
WhoAfraidWolf
Actor
2000
Antipasto Umbro
Actor
1999
You Can't Go Home Again
Narrator (voice)
1998
Eternity and a Day
Alexandros
1998
Gegen Ende der Nacht
Fehleisen
1997
St. Stephen's: The Living Cathedral
Narrator (German voice)
1997
Deadly Silence
Hans Plache
1996
Saint-Ex
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
1995
Lumière & Company
Damiel (segment "Wim Wenders")
1995
Diario senza date
Actor
1993
Faraway, So Close!
Damiel
1993
The Absence
Player
1992
Night on Fire
Peter Keller
1992
The Last Days of Chez Nous
J.P.
1992
Prague
Josef
1992
Le Quatuor des possibles
Narrateur
1991
Especially on Sunday
Vittorio
1991
Children of Nature
Engill
1991
Success
Jacques Tüverlin
1989
The Architecture of Doom
German narrator (voice)
1989
Strapless
Raymond Forbes
1989
Bankomatt
Bruno
1988
Love of a Woman
Franco Bassani
1988
The Legendary Life of Ernest Hemingway
Ezra Pound
1987
Wings of Desire
Damiel
1986
Thomas Bernhard – Ein Widerspruch. »Die Ursache bin ich selbst«
Narrator
1986
El río de oro
Peter
1985
Private Resistance
Gustav
1985
Hands Up!
Self (1981 footage)
1983
Closed Circuit
Faber
1983
Killer aus Florida
Actor
1983
In the White City
Paul
1982
Logik des Gefühls
Actor
1982
War and Peace
Actor
1982
Remembrance: Film for Curt Bois
Director · Self
1982
Before Your Eyes - Vietnam
Actor
1981
Circle of Deceit
Georg Laschen