Highest rated as cast or director
Bruno Ganz's 7 titles from the 2000s have a median Balasaur Score of 71, led by Downfall (83) and The Manchurian Candidate (71), against 63 for those from the 2010s.
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.
Acted in 98
2020s
- 2025
Films to Die For
(archive footage) (uncredited)
2010s
- 2019
Winter Journey
George Goldsmith
The Witness
Nikola Radin
- 2018
Fortuna
Brother Jean
- 2017
To Duration: A Tribute to Peter Handke
Movie
In Times of Fading Light
Wilhelm Powileit
- 2016
A Jew Must Die
Arthur Bloch
- 2015
Amnesia
Bruno
Giovanni Segantini - Magie des Lichts
Voice of Segantini
Beethoven - Egmont, Mozart - Symphony 35 - Claudio Abbado, Lucerne Festival Orchestra
Movie
- 2014
- 2013
- 2012
Of Women and Horses
Franz Mann
- 2011
Der Kleine Prinz
Geograph
Colors in the Dark
Fred
- 2010
The End Is My Beginning
Tiziano Terzani
Taxiphone
Stranger
The Day of the Cat
Kater
2000s
- 2009
Julia's Disappearance
John
- 2008
The Dust of Time
Jacob
Copacabana
Herbert Schubert
- 2007
- 2006
The Ode to Joy
Kurt Heinrich
Have No Fear: The Life of Pope John Paul II
Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski
- 2005
Pablo G. del Amo, un montador de ilusiones
Peter (archive footage)
- 2004
- 2003
- 2002
The Power of the Past
Bogliasco
- 2001
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Faust II
Faust
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Faust I
Faust
- 2000
1990s
- 1998
Gegen Ende der Nacht
Fehleisen
- 1997
Deadly Silence
Hans Plache
- 1996
Saint-Ex
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
- 1995
Lumière & Company
Damiel (segment "Wim Wenders")
Il Grande Fausto
Biagio Cavanna · 2 episodes
Diario senza date
Movie
- 1993
Faraway, So Close!
Damiel
- 1992
Night on Fire
Peter Keller
The Last Days of Chez Nous
J.P.
Prague
Josef
Le Quatuor des possibles
Narrateur
- 1991
Especially on Sunday
Vittorio
Children of Nature
Engill
1980s
- 1989
The Architecture of Doom
German narrator (voice)
Strapless
Raymond Forbes
Bankomatt
Bruno
- 1988
Love of a Woman
Franco Bassani
The Legendary Life of Ernest Hemingway
Ezra Pound
- 1987
- 1986
Fathers and Sons: A German Tragedy
Heinrich Beck · 4 episodes
El río de oro
Peter
- 1985
Private Resistance
Gustav
- 1983
Closed Circuit
Faber
In the White City
Paul
- 1982
War and Peace
Movie
Before Your Eyes - Vietnam
Movie
- 1981
Lady of the Camelias
Count Perregaux
La Storia Vera Della Signora Dalle Camelie
Count Perregaux · 2 episodes
La provinciale
Rémy Muller
- 1980
The Inventor
Jakob Nüssli
Polenta
Movie
5% de risque
David
Lost and Found
Werner
1970s
- 1979
Return to the Beloved
Dr. Stephan Kern
- 1978
Knife in the Head
Hoffmann
Black and White Like Day and Night
Thomas Rosemund
The Left-Handed Woman
Bruno
- 1977
- 1976
The Wild Duck
Gregers Werle
The Marquise of O
Der Graf
Lumière
Heinrich Grun
Summer Guests
Jakov Shalimov
- 1970
1960s
- 1967
The Soft Course
Bernhard Krahl
- 1962
A Roof Over Your Head
Fred Weber
- 1960
Der Herr mit der schwarzen Melone
Kammerdiener
Appearances24
2020s
- 2022
Bruno Ganz - The Longing Revolutionary
Self
- 2020
Who the F... is Roger Rossmeisl
Narrator (voice)
Wim Wenders, Desperado
Self (archive footage)
2010s
- 2019
The Naked King - 18 Fragments on Revolution
Narrator German (voice)
- 2014
Dancing Arabs
Self (archive footage) (voice) (uncredited)
2000s
- 2008
- 2005
Hitler's Final Days: The Movie 'Downfall'
Self
Alias Kurban Saïd
Narrator
- 2004
Bruno Ganz - Ein europäischer Schauspieler
Self
- 2003
Behind Me
Self
Claudio Abbado: Hearing the Silence
Self
Wings of Desire: The Angels Among Us
Self
- 2002
Das Jahrhundert des Theaters
Self · 1 episode
- 2000
The End of an Eternity
Self
Klaus Kinski: I'm not an actor
Self (archive footage)
1990s
- 1997
St. Stephen's: The Living Cathedral
Narrator (German voice)
- 1991
1980s
- 1986
- 1985
Hands Up!
Self (1981 footage)
1970s
- 1979
The Making of 'Nosferatu'
Self
1960s
- 1963
1940s
- 1948
