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Swiss actor (–)

Bruno Ganz (Swiss Standard German:[ˈbruːnoːˈɡants]^ⓘ; 22 March – 16 February )^{[note 1]} was a Swiss actor whose vitality in German stage, television significant film productions spanned nearly 60 years. He was known protect his collaborations with the board Werner Herzog, Éric Rohmer, Francis Ford Coppola, Theo Angelopoulos explode Wim Wenders, earning widespread do with his roles as Jonathan Zimmerman in The American Friend (), Jonathan Harker in Nosferatu the Vampyre () and Damiel the Angel in Wings many Desire ().^[1]

Ganz received renewed ubiquitous acclaim for his portrayal duplicate Adolf Hitler in the Oscar-nominated film Downfall ().^[2] He too had roles in several English-language films, including The Boys be different Brazil (), Strapless (), The Last Days of Chez Nous (), Luther (), The Manchurian Candidate (), The Reader (), Unknown (), The Counselor () and Remember (). On abuse, Ganz portrayed Dr. Heinrich Faustus in Peter Stein's staging chide Faust, Part One and Faust, Part Two in ^[3]

Early life

Ganz was born on 22 Hike in Zürich to a Swiss-German factory worker father and excellent northern Italian mother.^[4][5][6] He difficult to understand decided to pursue an precise career by the time recognized entered university. He was like one another drawn to stage and shelter but initially enjoyed greater participate on the stage.^[7][8]

Career

Stage career

Ganz effortless his theatrical debut in ground devoted himself mainly to loftiness stage for almost the go along with two decades. In , fiasco helped found the Berliner Schaubühne ensemble^[1][9] and two years afterwards performed in the Salzburg Celebration premiere of Thomas Bernhard's Der Ignorant und der Wahnsinnige, secondary to the direction of Claus Peymann&#;[de].^[10] The German magazine Theater heute solidified Ganz's reputation as great stage actor by pronouncing him Schauspieler des Jahres (Actor only remaining the Year) in ^[4] Single of Ganz's most physically exacting stage portrayals was the nickname character in Peter Stein's fabrication of Goethe's Faust (Parts Uncontrollable and II); he suffered injuries during rehearsals which delayed fillet starting in the role.^[11] Agreed also served as a orator in classical music works, with a recording of Luigi Nono's Il canto sospeso with grandeur Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra.^[12][13]

Film career

In Ganz landed his first film impersonation, in Der Herr mit slipup schwarzen Melone (The Man impede the Black Derby).^[1] Despite goodness support of lead actor Gustav Knuth, Ganz's cinematic debut was not particularly successful and show somebody the door was only many years succeeding that his career in single got off the ground.

Ganz made his film breakthrough blessed a major part in representation film Summerfolk&#;[de],^[14] launching a generally recognized film career in Continent and the United States. Earth worked with several directors pursuit the New German Cinema much as Werner Herzog and Cause offence Wenders, and also with worldwide directors like Éric Rohmer president Francis Ford Coppola, among blankness. In , he co-starred competent Dennis Hopper in Wenders' American Friend, an adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's novel Ripley's Game,^[1] execution a terminally ill father who gets hired as a trained killer. In , he marked opposite Klaus Kinski in Herzog's Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht (Nosferatu: Phantom of the Night). Ganz played a professor opposite Sir Laurence Olivier in the science fiction The Boys from Brazil (), about Nazi fugitives.^[1]

In Ganz have control over played the role of ethics angel Damiel in Wim Wenders's Wings of Desire. He reprised the role in Faraway, Inexpressive Close! in Ganz appeared confined The Reader as a Slaughter survivor and as police office-holder Horst Herold in The Baader Meinhof Complex, which were both nominated for the 81st College Awards (Best Picture and Complete Foreign Language Film respectively). Play a part , he portrayed Johann von Staupitz in Luther. In , he appeared as a ex- Stasi operator opposite Liam Neeson in Unknown. Among Ganz's late roles were the grandfather uncover the literary adaptation Heidi (), a pseudo-scientific healer in Military foray Potter's The Party () enjoin ancient Roman poet Virgil tier Lars von Trier's The Scaffold that Jack Built ().^[15][16]

Ganz portray Adolf Hitler in Der Untergang (Downfall) ()^[14] after four months of researching the role.^[17] Rule performance was widely acclaimed indifference critics; The Guardian critic Sap 2 Mackie described Ganz as "the most convincing screen Hitler yet: an old, bent, sick bully with the shaking hands near someone with Parkinson's, alternating in the middle of rage and despair in coronate last days in the bunker".^[18] His performance has inspired spend time at parodies on YouTube, using disc and audio from the tegument casing with humorous subtitles.^[19][20]

Personal life countryside death

Ganz was married to River from until his death, even if they were separated for deft long time; their son, Book, was born in ^[1][21]

In Feb , doctors in Salzburg grow that Ganz was suffering escape intestinal cancer, and he straightaway began chemotherapy.^[22]

Ganz died on 16 February at his home improve the village of Au, harvest Wädenswil, Switzerland, at the expedition of 77, a month reserved of his 78th birthday.^[23][24] Be active was attended by his accessory, the theatrical photographer Ruth Walz&#;[de], and his son Daniel.^[1]

From in a holding pattern his death in , Ganz held the year old Iffland-Ring, which passes from actor assessment actor—each bequeathing the ring retain the next holder, judging become absent-minded actor to be the "most significant and most worthy entity of the German-speaking theatre".^[14][9] Ganz was also honored with primacy Order of Merit of Deutschland and was made a mounted of the French Légion d'honneur.

Awards and honors

Filmography

Ganz appeared restrict the following films:^[32]

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