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Bruno Ganz (German: [ˈbruːno ˈɡant͡s] ⓘ; 22 March 1941 – 16 February 2019) was a Swiss actor whose career in German stage, television and film productions spanned nearly 60 years.
Bruno Ganz is an acclaimed Swiss actor who has been a prominent figure in German language film and television for over fifty years. He is internationally renowned for portraying Adolf Hitler in the Academy Award-nominated film Downfall (2004).
- March 22, 1941
- February 16, 2019
Bruno Ganz was an acclaimed Swiss actor who was a prominent figure in German language film and television for over fifty years. He is internationally renowned for portraying Adolf Hitler in the Academy Award-nominated film Downfall (2004).
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- Zürich-Seebach, Switzerland
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- Zürich, Switzerland
Feb 16, 2019 · Bruno Ganz, the melancholy Swiss film actor who played an angel longing for the visceral joys of mortality in “Wings of Desire” and a defeated Hitler with trembling hands facing his own ...
Feb 16, 2019 · Ganz was well-known in German-language cinema and theatre. Bruno Ganz, who played Hitler in the 2004 film Downfall, has died aged 77. The Swiss actor died at home in Zurich on Friday night, his...
Feb 16, 2019 · Born in Zurich, Bruno Ganz was interested in acting from a very early age, showing interest in theatre in school. Starting in 1961, he worked almost exclusively on stage, founding an acting ensemble in 1970, and wining a prestigious theatre magazine’s Actor of the Year Award in 1973.
Feb 16, 2019 · 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.
