Bruno Ganz

Bruno Gantz is a Swiss film actor. Bruno was born into an Italian family and a Swiss worker. He had the opportunity to study at the theater and music school of Zurich. Gantz is one of the leading figures in contemporary cinema and theatre in Europe. Bruno decided to become an actor when he became a university student. He was equally interested in the screen and stage, but initially he was able to achieve significant success in the theater. In 1960, at the age of nineteen, Gantz performed his debut more

Bruno Gantz is a Swiss film actor.

Bruno was born into an Italian family and a Swiss worker. He had the opportunity to study at the theater and music school of Zurich. Gantz is one of the leading figures in contemporary cinema and theatre in Europe. Bruno decided to become an actor when he became a university student. He was equally interested in the screen and stage, but initially he was able to achieve significant success in the theater.
In 1960, at the age of nineteen, Gantz performed his debut role in the film “The gentleman in the black bowler”. Despite the support of actor Gustav Knuth, his debut in cinema was not successful, and only a few years later his film career began to move from a dead point. Bruno made his theater debut a year later and began to devote himself mainly to the stage.
In 1970, Gantz participated in the creation of the Berliner Schaubune, and a couple of years later he performed at the festival in Salzburg during the premiere of the play, based on the work of the Ignorant and the Madman directed by Klaus Peiman. German publication Theater heute Bruno approved the actor as a theater performer in 1973.
Gantz made a breakthrough in cinema thanks to his own role in the film “Davniks” in 1976, based on the work Maxim Gorky . This work marked the start of a magnificent career, which included significant roles not only in European but also in American films, for which the actor was awarded several European awards.
Bruno starred in Wim Wenders, Werner Herzog, Francis Ford Coppola, Theo Angelopoulos and Eric Romer. In 1979, Gantz played with Claius Kinsky in the film Nosferatu – the Ghost of the Night directed by Herzog.
In 2004, Bruno Gantz starred in the film. Bunker He played the role of Adolf Hitler. In the United States, Bruno became famous mainly due to his role in the film. "Heaven over Berlin" Director Wim Wenders, in which he played the role of the angel Damiel.