Bruno Ganz
Actor
1941-2019. Born in 1941 to a Swiss factory worker and an Italian mother, attended Zurich’s University of Music and Theater. In 1970, he joined the ensemble of the Schaubühne Berlin. Following this, he worked with greatly renowned directors such as Peter Zadek, Peter Stein, Claus Peymann, Klaus Michael Grüber, Luc Bondy, and Dieter Dorn. In February 1996, actor Josef Meinrad bequeathed to Bruno Ganz the Iffland Ring - a prize passed on, for 100 years now, to “the most outstanding actors” on German stages. 2001 Swiss Film Award, Best Actor for his role in “Pane e tulipani” by Silvio Soldini. In 2004, he incarnated Adolf Hitler in “Der Untergang” (“Downfall”), produced by Bernd Eichinger. 2017 Swiss Films Award, Best Actor in «Un Juif pour l'exemple» by Jacob Berger and the Swiss Honorary Award.
Filmography
(a selection)
Actor
- 2024
- Cinema Bruciato by Clemens Klopfenstein
- 2019
- A Hidden Life by Terrence Malick
- 2018
- The Witness by Mitko Panov
- 2018
- Fortuna by Germinal Roaux
- 2017
- In Zeiten des abnehmenden Lichts by Matti Geschonneck
- 2016
- Un Juif pour l'exemple by Jacob Berger
- 2015
- Amnesia by Barbet Schroeder
- 2015
- Heidi by Alain Gsponer
- 2013
- Night Train To Lisbon by Bille August
- 2011
- Das Geheimnis unseres Waldes by Heikko Böhm
- 2010
- Taxiphone by Mohammed Soudani
- 2010
- Satte Farben vor Schwarz by Sophie Heldman
- 2010
- Der Grosse Kater by Wolfgang Panzer
- 2009
- Dust Of Time by Theo Angelopoulos
- 2009
- Giulias Verschwinden by Christoph Schaub
- 2008
- Der Vorleser by Stephen Daldry
- 2006
- Vitus by Fredi M. Murer
- 2004
- The Manchurian Candidate by Jonathan Demme
- 2004
- Der Untergang by Oliver Hirschbiegel
- 2004
- Bruno Ganz – Stationen einer Karriere by Norbert Wiedmer
- 2002
- Epsteins Nacht by Urs Egger
- 2000
- WerAngstWolf by Clemens Klopfenstein
- 2000
- Pane e tulipani by Silvio Soldini
- 1999
- Der weisse Leopard by Bernard Weber
- 1998
- Die Ewigkeit und ein Tag by Theo Angelopoulos
- 1992
- Brandnacht by Markus Fischer
- 1992
- Le Quatuor des Possibles by Edna Politi
- 1989
- Bankomatt by Villi Hermann
- 1987
- Der Himmel über Berlin by Wim Wenders
- 1983
- Dans la ville blanche by Alain Tanner
- 1981
- Die Fälschung by Volker Schlöndorff
- 1981
- Der Erfinder by Kurt Gloor
- 1980
- La provinciale by Claude Goretta
- 1979
- Nosferatu by Werner Herzog
- 1978
- Messer im Kopf by Reinhard Hauff
- 1976
- Der amerikanische Freund by Wim Wenders
- 1976
- La Marquise d'O... by Eric Rohmer
Awards
(a selection)
- 2001
- Solothurn, Swiss Film Award 2001, Swiss Film Award, Best Actor (Winner) in Pane e tulipani
- 2016
- Zürich, Swiss Film Award 2016, Swiss Film Award, Best Actor (Nomination) in Heidi
- 2006
- Filmkunstfest Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Der goldene Ochse (Winner)
- 2017
- Genève, Swiss Film Award 2017, Swiss Film Award, Honorary Award (Winner)
- 2017
- Berlin, Deutscher Filmpreis LOLA 2017, Beste Männliche Hauptrolle (Nomination) in In Zeiten des abnehmenden Lichts
- 2017
- Genève, Swiss Film Award 2017, Swiss Film Award, Best Actor (Winner) in Un Juif pour l'exemple