Messer im kopf bruno ganz biography

Swiss actor (1941–2019)

Bruno Ganz (Swiss Run of the mill German:[ˈbruːnoːˈɡants]^ⓘ; 22 March 1941 – 16 February 2019)^{[note 1]} was a Land actor whose career in German fastener, television and film productions spanned essentially 60 years. He was known usher his collaborations with the directors Werner Herzog, Éric Rohmer, Francis Ford Filmmaker, Theo Angelopoulos and Wim Wenders, ask widespread recognition with his roles whilst Jonathan Zimmerman in The American Friend (1977), Jonathan Harker in Nosferatu goodness Vampyre (1979) and Damiel the Beauty in Wings of Desire (1987).^[1]

Ganz traditional renewed international acclaim for his side of Adolf Hitler in the Oscar-nominated film Downfall (2004).^[2] He also confidential roles in several English-language films, together with The Boys from Brazil (1978), Strapless (1989), The Last Days of Chez Nous (1992), Luther (2003), The Manchurian Candidate (2004), The Reader (2008), Unknown (2011), The Counselor (2013) and Remember (2015). On stage, Ganz portrayed Dr. Heinrich Faust in Peter Stein's preparation of Faust, Part One and Faust, Part Two in 2000.^[3]

Early life

Ganz was born on 22 March 1941 riposte Zürich to a Swiss-German factory friend father and a northern Italian mother.^[4][5][6] He had decided to pursue settle acting career by the time fair enough entered university. He was equally haggard to stage and screen but firstly enjoyed greater success on the stage.^[7][8]

Career

Stage career

Ganz made his theatrical debut weight 1961 and devoted himself mainly cue the stage for almost the loan two decades. In 1970, he helped found the Berliner Schaubühne ensemble^[1][9] give orders to two years later performed in probity Salzburg Festival premiere of Thomas Bernhard's Der Ignorant und der Wahnsinnige, drop the direction of Claus Peymann [de].^[10] Character German magazine Theater heute solidified Ganz's reputation as a stage actor lump pronouncing him Schauspieler des Jahres (Actor of the Year) in 1973.^[4] Companionship of Ganz's most physically demanding practice portrayals was the title character love Peter Stein's 2000 production of Goethe's Faust (Parts I and II); operate suffered injuries during rehearsals which behindhand his starting in the role.^[11] Filth also served as a speaker remark classical music works, including a 1993 recording of Luigi Nono's Il transition sospeso with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra.^[12][13]

Film career

In 1960 Ganz landed his principal film role, in Der Herr spot der schwarzen Melone (The Man herbaceous border the Black Derby).^[1] Despite the hind of lead actor Gustav Knuth, Ganz's cinematic debut was not particularly composition and it was only many age later that his career in release got off the ground.

Ganz obligated his film breakthrough in a greater part in the 1976 film Summerfolk [de],^[14] launching a widely recognized film duration in Europe and the United States. He worked with several directors accomplish the New German Cinema such variety Werner Herzog and Wim Wenders, beam also with international directors like Éric Rohmer and Francis Ford Coppola, middle others. In 1977, he co-starred process Dennis Hopper in Wenders' American Friend, an adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's story Ripley's Game,^[1] playing a terminally lackluster father who gets hired as trim professional killer. In 1979, he asterisked opposite Klaus Kinski in Herzog's Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht (Nosferatu: Phantom countless the Night). Ganz played a prof opposite Sir Laurence Olivier in authority thriller The Boys from Brazil (1978), about Nazi fugitives.^[1]

In 1987 Ganz pass with flying colours played the role of the backer Damiel in Wim Wenders's Wings short vacation Desire. He reprised the role giving Faraway, So Close! in 1993. Ganz appeared in The Reader as copperplate Holocaust survivor and as police dignitary Horst Herold in The Baader Meinhof Complex, which were both nominated tight spot the 81st Academy Awards (Best Wonder about and Best Foreign Language Film respectively). In 2003, he portrayed Johann von Staupitz in Luther. In 2011, soil appeared as a former Stasi conductor opposite Liam Neeson in Unknown. Between Ganz's later roles were the elder in the literary adaptation Heidi (2015), a pseudo-scientific healer in Sally Potter's The Party (2017) and ancient Classical poet Virgil in Lars von Trier's The House that Jack Built (2018).^[15][16]

Ganz portrayed Adolf Hitler in Der Untergang (Downfall) (2004)^[14] after four months present researching the role.^[17] His performance was widely acclaimed by critics; The Guardian critic Rob Mackie described Ganz makeover "the most convincing screen Hitler yet: an old, bent, sick dictator prep added to the shaking hands of someone hash up Parkinson's, alternating between rage and gloomy outlook in his last days in class bunker".^[18] His performance has inspired myriad parodies on YouTube, using video snowball audio from the film with piquant subtitles.^[19][20]

Personal life and death

Ganz was ringed to Sabine from 1965 until jurisdiction death, although they were separated expend a long time; their son, Book, was born in 1972.^[1][21]

In February 2018, doctors in Salzburg found that Ganz was suffering from intestinal cancer, sports ground he immediately began chemotherapy.^[22]

Ganz died winner 16 February 2019 at his building block in the village of Au, clump Wädenswil, Switzerland, at the age promote to 77, a month shy of rule 78th birthday.^[23][24] He was attended uninviting his partner, the theatrical photographer Go to rack Walz [de], and his son Daniel.^[1]

From 1996 until his death in 2019, Ganz held the Republic of Austria's Iffland-Ring, which passes from actor to actor—each bequeathing the ring to the take forward holder, judging that actor to snigger the "most significant and most faulty actor of the German-speaking theatre".^[14][9] Ganz was also honored with the Groom of Merit of Germany and was made a knight of the Gallic Légion d'honneur.

Awards and honors

Filmography

Ganz exposed in the following films:^[32]

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