Bruno Ganz: Movies & Box Office
- films
- 65
- on screen
- 1967–2020
- box office
- $319M
- average score
- 61
- Born
- March 22, 1941
- Birthplace
- Zürich, Switzerland
- Citizenship
- Switzerland
- Occupations
- Actor
- Years active
- 1960-2019
- Spouses
- Sabine Ganz
- Children
- 1
The Best Bruno Ganz Movies
The highest-rated films Bruno Ganz is credited on, by the Movie Echo Score that blends critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. The Party (2018) scores highest, at 77. The full ranking adds the biggest box office hits and the most awarded films.
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Movie Echo Score: Score 77 The Party 2018 · Gottfried -
Movie Echo Score: Score 75 A Hidden Life 2019 · Judge Lueben -
Movie Echo Score: Score 63 Amnesia 2017 · Drama -
Movie Echo Score: Score 57 The House That Jack Built 2018 · Verge -
Movie Echo Score: Score 51 The Tobacconist 2020 · Sigmund Freud -
Movie Echo Score: Score 40 The Tobacconist 2018 · Sigmund Freud
Bruno Ganz's Career in Numbers
Bruno Ganz's films in numbers — as an actor, not counting appearances as themselves: when they were made, the genres Bruno Ganz works in most and the milestones along the way. The filmography runs from Der sanfte Lauf (1967) to The Tobacconist (2020), and the 2010s were the busiest decade.
Bruno Ganz Movies by Decade
- 1960s 1
- 1970s 8
- 1980s 13
- 1990s 8
- 2000s 9
- 2010s 17
- 2020s 1
The 2010s were Bruno Ganz's busiest decade, with 17 films.
Bruno Ganz Movies by Genre
- Drama 39
- Documentary 4
- Biography 3
- Romance 3
- Comedy 3
- History 1
- Action 1
- Family 1
- War 1
- Tv movie 1
Drama is the genre Bruno Ganz has worked in most, with 39 films, ahead of documentary (4).
Bruno Ganz Career Milestones
- First film
- Der sanfte Lauf 1967
- Biggest box office hit
- The Reader $109M worldwide
- Best-rated film
- The Party Movie Echo Score 77
- Newest film
- The Tobacconist 2020
Bruno Ganz Filmography: Every Movie
Every film Bruno Ganz is credited on, newest first, with the role, the box office and the Movie Echo Score. Rated films average a score of 61. Re-order the list to see the best-rated films or the biggest hits first.
Bruno Ganz Movies as an Actor
57- 2020
The Tobacconist as Sigmund Freud · Drama Movie Echo Score: 51 - 2019
A Hidden Life as Judge Lueben · Biography Worldwide box office: $4.65M Movie Echo Score: 75 - 2019
Winter Journey as George Goldsmith · History - 2019
The Naked King - 18 Fragments on Revolution as Narrator German (voice) · Documentary - 2018
The House That Jack Built as Verge · Drama Worldwide box office: $3.08M Movie Echo Score: 57 - 2018
The Tobacconist as Sigmund Freud · Drama Worldwide box office: $369K Movie Echo Score: 40 - 2018
Fortuna as Brother Jean · Drama Worldwide box office: $96.5K - 2018
The Party as Gottfried · Drama Worldwide box office: $5.6M Movie Echo Score: 77 - 2017
Amnesia Drama Movie Echo Score: 63 - 2017
In Times of Fading Light as Wilhelm Powileit · Drama Worldwide box office: $798K - 2016
In Order of Disappearance Action - 2016
A Jew Must Die as Arthur Bloch · Drama - 2015
Heidi as Alpöhi · Family Worldwide box office: $38.8M - 2012
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen as (archive footage) · Drama - 2012
Of Women and Horses as Franz Mann · Drama - 2010
The End Is My Beginning as Tiziano Terzani · Drama Worldwide box office: $3.23M - 2010
Colors in the Dark as Fred · Drama Worldwide box office: $1.69M - 2010
The Day of the Cat as Kater · Romance - 2009
Julia’s Disappearance as John · Comedy Worldwide box office: $2.05M - 2008
The Reader Drama Worldwide box office: $109M - 2008
The Dust of Time as Jacob · Drama Worldwide box office: $570K - 2007
Youth Without Youth Drama Worldwide box office: $2.62M - 2007
Vitus Drama Worldwide box office: $6.08M - 2005
Have No Fear: The Life of Pope John Paul II as Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski · Drama - 2005
Downfall Biography Worldwide box office: $92.2M - 2003
Luther Biography Worldwide box office: $29.6M - 2001
Bread and Tulips Drama Worldwide box office: $9.74M - 1999
Eternity and a Day Drama Worldwide box office: $107K - 1996
Saint-Ex as Antoine de Saint-Exupéry · Drama - 1995
Lumière & Company as Damiel (segment "Wim Wenders") · Drama - 1993
Faraway, So Close! Drama Worldwide box office: $810K - 1992
The Absence as Player · Drama - 1992
Prague as Josef · Drama - 1991
Especially on Sunday as Vittorio · Comedy Worldwide box office: $443K - 1991
Children of Nature as Engill · Drama - 1989
The Architecture of Doom as German narrator (voice) · Documentary - 1989
Strapless as Raymond Forbes · Romance Worldwide box office: $765K - 1988
Wings of Desire Drama Worldwide box office: $3.52M - 1986
Thomas Bernhard – Ein Widerspruch. »Die Ursache bin ich selbst« as Narrator · Documentary - 1985
Private Resistance as Gustav · Drama - 1983
System Without Shadow as Faber · Drama - 1983
In the White City as Paul · Romance Worldwide box office: $2.54K - 1982
Krieg und Frieden Documentary - 1981
Circle of Deceit as Georg Laschen · War - 1981
Lady of the Camelias as Count Perregaux · Drama - 1981
La provinciale as Rémy Muller · Drama - 1980
The Inventor as Jakob Nüssli · Comedy - 1980
Lost and Found as Werner · Drama Worldwide box office: $3.22M - 1979
Nosferatu the Vampyre Drama Worldwide box office: $3.45K - 1979
Return to the Beloved as Dr. Stephan Kern · Drama - 1978
Knife in the Head as Hoffmann · Drama - 1978
Black and White Like Day and Night as Thomas Rosemund · Tv movie - 1977
The Left-Handed Woman as Bruno · Drama Worldwide box office: $3.77K - 1977
The American Friend Drama Worldwide box office: $3.98K - 1976
Lumière as Heinrich Grun · Drama - 1976
Summer Guests as Jakov Shalimov · Drama - 1967
Der sanfte Lauf as Bernhard Krahl · Drama
Bruno Ganz in Documentaries & Specials
8- 2020
Wim Wenders, Desperado as Self (archive footage) · Documentary - 2014
Dancing Arabs as Self (archive footage) (voice) (uncredited) · Drama - 2007
Coda: Thirty Years Later as Self · Tv movie - 2007
One Who Set Forth: Wim Wenders’ Early Years as Self · Documentary - 2003
Wings of Desire: The Angels Among Us as Self · Documentary - 2000
Klaus Kinski: I’m not an actor as Self (archive footage) · Documentary - 1981
Hands Up! as Self (1981 footage) · Drama - 1979
The Making of ‘Nosferatu’ as Self · Documentary
Who Is Bruno Ganz?
Bruno Ganz was born in Zürich, Switzerland in 1941. Credited on films since 1967, as an actor. The background, training and the roles that shaped the career.
Bruno Ganz (22 March 1941 – 16 February 2019) was a highly regarded Swiss actor. His notable career spanned almost six decades, and saw him collaborate with esteemed directors like Werner Herzog, Éric Rohmer, Francis Ford Coppola, Theo Angelopoulos and Wim Wenders. He earned widespread recognition for roles such as Jonathan Zimmerman in The American Friend (1977), Jonathan Harker in Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979) and Damiel the Angel in Wings of Desire (1987). Ganz received renewed international acclaim for his portrayal of Adolf Hitler in the Oscar-nominated film Downfall (2004), which critics acclaimed as one of the most convincing screen depictions of Hitler. He performed in several English-language films including The Boys from Brazil (1978), Strapless (1989), The Last Days of Chez Nous (1992) and The Manchurian Candidate (2004).
Born in Zürich to a Swiss-German factory worker father and a northern Italian mother, he decided to pursue an acting career as a young adult. Ganz made his theatrical debut in 1961, devoting himself mainly to the stage throughout the next two decades. His passion for the stage never diminished and through his career, he cultivated a reputation as a formidable stage actor. During his career in theater and cinema, he received several awards, including the Iffland-Ring, considered the highest honor in German speaking theatre. From 1996 till his demise in 2019, Ganz held the Iffland-Ring, passing it onto the next most worthy actor of the German-speaking theatre.
Who Bruno Ganz Makes Movies With
The actors and directors Bruno Ganz shares the most films with. Wim Wenders comes first, with 5 films together, followed by Angela Winkler (5).
Bruno Ganz: Questions & Answers
How many movies Bruno Ganz has made, the biggest hit, the best-rated film, the award record and more, answered from the filmography above.
How many movies has Bruno Ganz been in?
Bruno Ganz is credited on 65 films, from 1967 to 2020. The filmography on this page lists every one of them, newest first, with the role and the Movie Echo Score.
What is Bruno Ganz's highest-grossing movie?
The Reader (2008) is Bruno Ganz's biggest box office hit, with $109M worldwide, ahead of Downfall (2005) ($92.2M). Across every film with box office figures, Bruno Ganz's movies have made $319M.
Bruno Ganz's biggest hits What is the best Bruno Ganz movie?
By the Movie Echo Score, which blends critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact, Bruno Ganz's best-rated film is The Party (2018) with a score of 77, followed by A Hidden Life (2019) (75).
Best Bruno Ganz movies, ranked What is Bruno Ganz's newest movie?
The most recent film on Bruno Ganz's filmography is Wim Wenders, Desperado (2020), in the role of Self (archive footage).
Who does Bruno Ganz work with most often?
Bruno Ganz shares the most films with Wim Wenders (5 films), Angela Winkler (5 films) and Otto Sander (5 films).
The Best Bruno Ganz Movies, Ranked
Top rated, most awarded and biggest box office hits from 65 credits.
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