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Bruno Ganz

Bruno Ganz

Actor · Died February 16, 2019, aged 77 · Zürich, Switzerland

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.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
March 22, 1941
Died
February 16, 2019 (aged 77)
From
Zürich, Switzerland
Works as
Actor
Titles
47 on MovieCove · 126 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 37 days to Oct 26Up 51% in 30 days

What are Bruno Ganz's films like?

Across their 45 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Morality.

Genres

Drama27 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 73rd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Action4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 79th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Action movies
Biography3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 61st percentile
: browse their Biography movies
Comedy3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 68th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Crime3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 74th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Crime movies
Documentary3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 72nd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Documentary movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Self
27%
Morality
24%
Bonds
12%
Power
11%
Survival
10%
Ideas
8%
Society
8%
Deception11 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose7 titles, browse their movies with this themeMemory7 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity6 titles, browse their movies with this themeMortality5 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds5 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice5 titles, browse their movies with this themeArt4 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 45 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 8 · Serious 10 · Dark 27

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 24 · Stylized 15 · Heightened 6

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 5 · Charged 22 · Intense 18

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

A split, not a type: Steady 25 · Shifting 16 · Whiplash 4

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 37 · Some laughs 8 · Funny 0

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

A split, not a type: Slow burn 23 · Even-paced 21 · Relentless 1

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 5 · Engaged 26 · Full focus 14

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

Easy watch 5 · Affecting 20 · Heavy 20

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 20 · Open-ended 12 · Ambiguous 13

Roles they play

35 analyzed roles

Usually the Mentor: 12 of 35 analyzed roles.

Mentor
12 of 35
Hero
11 of 35
Shadow
5 of 35
Ally
3 of 35
Shapeshifter
2 of 35
Threshold guardian
2 of 35
Show the 35 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
24
Melancholic
28
Contemplative
19
Dread
9
Warm
9
Other
28

How their films linger

Thought-provoking26 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting20 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet11 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteDevastating4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 10 with a twist

  • Happy5
  • Bittersweet16
  • Tragic9
  • Ambiguous15

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Bruno Ganz's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 19 of their 47 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (14).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Bruno Ganz's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

126 credits, 47 with a MovieCove page; 29 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Films to Die For (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    as (archive footage) (uncredited)

  • Who the F... is Roger Rossmeisl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    as Narrator (voice)

  • Winter Journey (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    as George Goldsmith

  • The Naked King - 18 Fragments on Revolution (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    as Narrator German (voice)

  • A Hidden Life(2019)

    as Richter

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • The Witness (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    as Nikola Radin

  • The Tobacconist(2018)

    as Sigmund Freud

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • The House That Jack Built(2018)

    as Verge

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Fortuna (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    as Brother Jean

  • To Duration: A Tribute to Peter Handke (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Actor

  • The Party(2017)

    as Godfried

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • In Times of Fading Light(2017)

    as Wilhelm Powileit

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • A Jew Must Die (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    as Arthur Bloch

  • Heidi(2015)

    as Alpöhi

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Remember(2015)

    as Rudy Kurlander #1

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Amnesia(2015)

    as Bruno

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films

  • Giovanni Segantini - Magie des Lichts (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    as Voice of Segantini

  • Beethoven - Egmont, Mozart - Symphony 35 - Claudio Abbado, Lucerne Festival Orchestra (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Actor

  • In Order of Disappearance(2014)

    as Papa

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • The Counselor(2013)

    as Diamond Dealer

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas(2013)

    as The Governor

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • Night Train to Lisbon(2013)

    as Older Jorge O'Kelly

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen(2012)

    as (archive footage)

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • Of Women and Horses(2011)

    as Franz Mann

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • Das Geheimnis unseres Waldes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as Narrator (voice)

  • Der Kleine Prinz (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as Geograph

  • Unknown(2011)

    as Ernst Jürgen

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • Colors in the Dark(2010)

    as Fred

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • The End Is My Beginning (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    as Tiziano Terzani

  • Taxiphone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    as Stranger

  • The Day of the Cat (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    as Kater

  • Julia's Disappearance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    as John

  • The Reader(2008)

    as Professor Rohl

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • The Dust of Time (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    as Jacob

  • The Baader Meinhof Complex(2008)

    as Horst Herold

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • Ein starker Abgang (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    as Heinz Kilian

  • Copacabana (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    as Herbert Schubert

  • Youth Without Youth(2007)

    as Professor Stanciulescu

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • The Ode to Joy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    as Kurt Heinrich

  • Have No Fear: The Life of Pope John Paul II (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    as Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski

  • Vitus(2006)

    as Grandfather

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Pablo G. del Amo, un montador de ilusiones (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    as Peter (archive footage)

  • Alias Kurban Saïd (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    as Narrator

  • Downfall(2004)

    as Adolf Hitler

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • The Manchurian Candidate(2004)

    as Delp

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Luther(2003)

    as Johann von Staupitz

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • Epsteins Nacht(2002)

    as Adam Rose

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • The Power of the Past (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    as Bogliasco

  • Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Faust II (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    as Faust

  • Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Faust I (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    as Faust

  • Bread and Tulips(2000)

    as Fernando Girasoli

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • WhoAfraidWolf (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Actor

  • Antipasto Umbro (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Actor

  • You Can't Go Home Again (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    as Narrator (voice)

  • Eternity and a Day(1998)

    as Alexandros

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Gegen Ende der Nacht (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    as Fehleisen

  • St. Stephen's: The Living Cathedral (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    as Narrator (German voice)

  • Deadly Silence (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    as Hans Plache

  • Saint-Ex(1996)

    as Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • Lumière and Company(1995)

    as Damiel (segment "Wim Wenders")

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Il Grande Fausto (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Show 2 episodes · as Biagio Cavanna

  • Diario senza date (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Actor

  • Faraway, So Close!(1993)

    as Damiel

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films

  • The Absence(1992)

    as Player

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Night on Fire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    as Peter Keller

  • The Last Days of Chez Nous (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    as J.P.

  • Prague (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    as Josef

  • Le Quatuor des possibles (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    as Narrateur

  • Especially on Sunday (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    as Vittorio

  • Children of Nature (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    as Engill

  • Success (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    as Jacques Tüverlin

  • Tassilo - Ein Fall für sich (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    Show 6 episodes · as Tassilo

  • The Architecture of Doom(1989)

    as German narrator (voice)

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • Strapless (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    as Raymond Forbes

  • Bankomatt(1989)

    as Bruno

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Anwalt Abel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    Show 1 episode · as Crusius

  • Love of a Woman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    as Franco Bassani

  • The Legendary Life of Ernest Hemingway(1989)

    as Ezra Pound

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Wings of Desire(1987)

    as Damiel

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Fathers and Sons: A German Tragedy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    Show 4 episodes · as Heinrich Beck

  • Thomas Bernhard – Ein Widerspruch. »Die Ursache bin ich selbst« (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    as Narrator

  • El río de oro(1986)

    as Peter

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Private Resistance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    as Gustav

  • Screen Two (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Show 1 episode · as Josef

  • Closed Circuit (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    as Faber

  • Killer aus Florida (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    Actor

  • In the White City(1983)

    as Paul

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Logik des Gefühls (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Actor

  • War and Peace (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Actor

  • Remembrance: Film for Curt Bois (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Director · as Self

  • Before Your Eyes - Vietnam (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Actor

  • Circle of Deceit(1981)

    as Georg Laschen

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • La Storia Vera Della Signora Dalle Camelie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    Show 2 episodes · as Count Perregaux

  • Lady of the Camelias(1981)

    as Count Perregaux

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • La provinciale (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    as Rémy Muller

  • The Inventor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    as Jakob Nüssli

  • Polenta (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    Actor

  • 5% de risque (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    as David

  • Lost and Found (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    as Werner

  • Return to the Beloved(1979)

    as Dr. Stephan Kern

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films

  • Nosferatu the Vampyre(1979)

    as Jonathan Harker

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Knife in the Head(1978)

    as Hoffmann

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • Black and White Like Day and Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    as Thomas Rosemund

  • The Boys from Brazil(1978)

    as Professor Bruckner

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • The Left-Handed Woman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    as Bruno

  • The American Friend(1977)

    as Jonathan Zimmermann

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • The Wild Duck (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    as Gregers Werle

  • The Marquise of O(1976)

    as Der Graf

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Lumière (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    as Heinrich Grun

  • Sommergäste(1976)

    as Jakov Shalimov

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Die Bakchen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    as Pentheus

  • Prinz Friedrich von Homburg (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    as Prinz Friedrich Arthur von Homburg

  • The Ignoramus and the Madman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    Actor

  • Die Mutter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    Actor

  • Tatort(1970)

    Show 1 episode · as Bombadil

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all shows

  • Eine große Familie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    as Heinz Hallasch

  • Torquato Tasso (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    as Torquato Tasso

  • Im Dickicht der Städte (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    as George Garga

  • Die Schlacht bei Lobositz (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    as Ulrich Braeker

  • The Soft Course (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    as Bernhard Krahl

  • Die Unberatenen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

    Actor

  • Frühlings Erwachen(1966)

    as Moritz Stiefel

  • Der Spaßvogel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    as Johnny

  • Chikita (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    as Jazzfan

  • A Roof Over Your Head (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    as Fred Weber

  • Der Herr mit der schwarzen Melone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    as Kammerdiener

Career shape

Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 126 titles from 1960 to 2025; peak year 2014.

Biggest box office

Unknown (2011)

$136M worldwide

Highest rated

Downfall (2004)

Midcredits 99th

Most popular right now

The Counselor (2013)

Film career

19602025

Peak 2014 · at the high point of their film career. Top draw in 17 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

  • 1976Screen debut· The Marquise of O
  • 1981First top-billed film· Circle of Deceit
  • 2004Career best· Downfall

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting125 of 126: 125 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score73rdDirecting1 of 126: 1 only directing, 0 with another role

By decade

1960s10 · acting1970s17 · acting1980s27 · 26 acting · 1 crew1990s19 · acting2000s22 · acting2010s29 · acting2020s2 · acting

Billing

usually 3rd · top billed in 17% of 35 roles
76860111

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Bruno Ganz's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 74th percentile, the median of the 45 of 46 with a score; across their 45 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 71st percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

71stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 45

Approval · how many liked their films

72ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 45

Reach · how many have seen their films

78thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 45

Midcredits score across 46 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up22
  • 50th to 74th13
  • 25th to 49th7
  • Below 25th4

Shape of the crowd

22 of their 46 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved10
  • Cult Classic2
  • Crowd Pleaser22
  • Broadly Agreed3
  • Mixed9

Most divisive · actor

The Legendary Life of Ernest Hemingway (1989)

85th percentile spread · 22% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Downfall (2004)

Midcredits 99th · 92% liked

Reviewers score the acting 78/100 in their films, across 30 reviewed titles; fans 84, detractors 50. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Bruno Ganz's work okay for kids?

Across up to 16 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore12 titles24–93 · median 78 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity16 titles6–72 · median 30 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity14 titles17–78 · median 42 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs13 titles20–66 · median 38 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense13 titles31–86 · median 59 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Bruno Ganz work with?

People who share at least 2 of Bruno Ganz's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Wim Wenders shares the most, 5.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles