Bruno Ganz
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Zürich-Seebach, Switzerland
Swiss-born actor Bruno Ganz established himself in Germany, first as co-founder of the Schaubuhne Theatre company, then as a romantic lead in films. International renown came Ganz' way when he was starred in Eric Rohmer's The Marquise of O (1976). Subsequent film roles range from Jonathan Harker in Werner Herzog's 1979 remake of Nosferatu, to misplaced angel Damiel in Wim Wenders' Wings of Desire (1987). Another of his many collaborations with director Wenders was The American Friend (1977), which Ganz regards as one of his favorite films, even though he and co-star Dennis Hopper came to blows during a spirited argument about acting technique.
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Highest Rated Movies
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Filmography
MOVIES
| RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | BOX OFFICE | YEAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25% | The Tobacconist |
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— | 2020 |
| 81% | A Hidden Life |
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— | 2019 |
| No Score Yet | Winter Journey |
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— | 2019 |
| 61% | The House That Jack Built |
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— | 2018 |
| 82% | The Party |
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$0.4M | 2018 |
| 67% | Fortuna |
|
— | 2018 |
| 77% | Amnesia |
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$8.5k | 2017 |
| No Score Yet | In Times Of Fading Light (In Zeiten Des Abnehmenden Lichts) |
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— | 2017 |
| 86% | In Order of Disappearance |
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$49.8k | 2016 |
| 70% | Remember |
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$0.5M | 2016 |
| No Score Yet | Un Juif pour l'exemple |
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— | 2016 |
| 93% | A Borrowed Identity |
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— | 2015 |
| 100% | Heidi |
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— | 2015 |
| 47% | Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas |
|
— | 2014 |
| 41% | Night Train To Lisbon |
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— | 2013 |
| 34% | The Counselor |
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$14.7M | 2013 |
| No Score Yet | Der Sanfte Lauf |
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— | 2012 |
| No Score Yet | Final cut - Hölgyeim és uraim |
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— | 2012 |
| No Score Yet | Gedächtnis: Ein Film für Curt Bois und Bernhard Minetti |
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— | 2012 |
| 55% | Unknown |
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$63.7M | 2011 |
| No Score Yet | Sport De Filles |
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— | 2011 |
| No Score Yet | Lady Of The Camelias (la Storia Vera Della Signora Dalle Camelie) |
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— | 2010 |
| No Score Yet | Baruto no gakuen (The Ode to Joy) |
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— | 2010 |
| No Score Yet | Julia's Disappearance (Giulias Verschwinden) |
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— | 2010 |
| No Score Yet | Satte Farben vor Schwarz |
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— | 2010 |
| No Score Yet | The End Is My Beginning |
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— | 2010 |
| No Score Yet | Colors In The Dark (Satte Farben Vor Schwarz) |
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— | 2010 |
| No Score Yet | Julia's Disappearance |
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— | 2009 |
| 63% | The Reader |
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$34.2M | 2008 |
| No Score Yet | The Dust of Time |
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— | 2008 |
| 85% | Der Baader Meinhof Komplex (The Baader Meinhof Complex) |
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$0.3M | 2008 |
| 33% | Youth Without Youth |
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$0.2M | 2007 |
| 66% | Vitus |
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$28.6k | 2007 |
| No Score Yet | One Who Set Forth: Wim Wenders' Early Years |
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— | 2007 |
| No Score Yet | Have No Fear: The Life of Pope John Paul II |
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— | 2005 |
| No Score Yet | Claudio Abbado - Hearing the Silence |
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— | 2005 |
| 90% | Downfall (Der Untergang) |
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$5.5M | 2004 |
| 80% | The Manchurian Candidate |
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$65.8M | 2004 |
| 45% | Luther |
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$5.7M | 2003 |
| No Score Yet | Behind Me - Bruno Ganz |
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— | 2002 |
| 71% | Bread & Tulips |
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$3.5M | 2001 |
| 95% | Eternity and a Day |
|
— | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | Saint-Ex |
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— | 1996 |
| 58% | Faraway, So Close! (In weiter Ferne, so nah!) |
|
— | 1993 |
| No Score Yet | The Architecture of Doom |
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— | 1992 |
| No Score Yet | Children Of Nature (Börn náttúrunnar) |
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— | 1991 |
| 86% | The Last Days of Chez Nous |
|
— | 1991 |
| 44% | Strapless |
|
— | 1989 |
| No Score Yet | Un amore di donna (Love of a Woman) |
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— | 1988 |
| 98% | Wings of Desire |
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— | 1987 |
| No Score Yet | Hands Up! (Rece do góry) |
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— | 1985 |
| No Score Yet | War and Peace (Krieg und Frieden) |
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— | 1983 |
| No Score Yet | System ohne Schatten (Closed Circuit) |
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— | 1983 |
| No Score Yet | Schwarz und weiß wie Tage und Nächte (Black and White Like Day and Night) |
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— | 1981 |
| No Score Yet | Lady of the Camelias (La storia vera della signora dalle camelie) |
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— | 1981 |
| No Score Yet | La Provinciale |
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— | 1981 |
| 100% | Die Fälschung (Circle of Deceit) |
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— | 1981 |
| 95% | Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht (Nosferatu the Vampyre) |
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— | 1979 |
| 69% | The Boys from Brazil |
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— | 1978 |
| 80% | Messer im Kopf (Knife in the Head) |
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— | 1978 |
| 91% | Der Amerikanische Freund (The American Friend) |
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— | 1977 |
| 85% | Die Marquise von O... (The Marquise of O) |
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— | 1976 |
| No Score Yet | Lumiere |
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— | 1976 |
| No Score Yet | Sommergäste (Summer Guests) |
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— | 1976 |
| No Score Yet | Black and White as Day and Night |
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— | 1963 |
Quotes from Bruno Ganz's Characters
| Diamond Dealer: | To partake of the stone's endless destiny, is that not the meaning of adornment? To enhance the beauty of the beloved is to acknowledge both her frailty and the nobility of that frailty. At our noblest, we announce to the darkness that we will not be diminished by the brevity of our lives. |
| Professor Rohl: | "If people like you don't learn from what happened to people like me, then what the hell is the point of anything?" |
| Professor Rohl: | If people like you don't learn from what happened to people like me, then what the hell is the point of anything? |
| Grandfather: | If you can't decide, you'll have to part with things you like. |
| Vitus von Holzen: | I'd like to be someone else. |
| Grandfather: | Like who, for example? |
| Vitus von Holzen: | I don't know, whoever, just normal. |
| Grandfather: | As normal as me? |
| Vitus von Holzen: | No, more normal.. |
| Adolf Hitler: | Be ruthless. Life doesn't forgive weakness. |
| Damiel: | When the child was a child, it was the time for these questions: Why am I me, and why not you? Why am I here, and why not there? When did time begin, and where does space end? |
| Adolf Hitler: | Fegelein! Fegelein! Fegelein! |
| Jonathan Harker: | "Ready my horse, I have much to do." |
| Jonathan Harker: | Ready my horse, I have much to do. |
| Damiel: | Why am I me and why not you? Why am I here and why not there? When did the time begin and when does space end? |
| Damiel: | Why am I me, and why not you? Why am I here, and why not there? When did time begin, and where does space end? |