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Bruno Ganz

Bruno Ganz

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  • Wings Of Desire
  • Wings Of Desire review by from Plymouth, England
    Rated - 4 stars A challenging watch but worth the effort 8 June 2006
    ...he Berlin wall is cleverly used as a metaphor for numerous aspects of division. Bruno Ganz, in an early role, demonstrates all the acting skill that led him to portray Hi...  
  • The American Friend
  • The American Friend review by from Tooting, London
    Rated - 4 stars Strange, affecting thriller 8 April 2005
    ...d of the commentary he has little recollection of actually making the film. The Bruno Ganz character comes across as totally the opposite, and the way that he seems to be...  
  • Downfall
  • Downfall review by A customer from Edinburgh
    Rated - 3 stars Fascinating, but overly long ... 6 April 2005
    ...Bruno Ganz pulls off an unbelievably realistic and gripping portrayal of Adolf Hitler, and his final years as leader of Nazi Germany. Set in an underground bunker in Berl...  

Bruno Ganz - filmography


  • The Dust of Time (2008)
    Starring: Willem Dafoe,  Bruno Ganz,  Michel Piccoli
    Director: Theodoros Angelopoulos
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Set in the former Soviet Union, "The Dust of Time" follows the lives of a small group of people over a 50 year period. Willem Dafoe plays A., a stressed-out Greek-American helmer who's behind on his shoot of a movie based on his mother's longtime love for two men.
    Rate this: 1.5 stars out of 5 30% from 5 members
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  • The Manchurian Candidate on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Denzel Washington,  Liev Schreiber,  Meryl Streep
    Director: Jonathan Demme
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    U.S. Army Major Bennett Marco (Washington) can’t sleep at night … and he doesn’t want to. Marco spends his days giving inspiring speeches about his platoon’s ambush in the Kuwaiti desert and the heroics of Sergeant Raymond Shaw (Schreiber), who won the Medal of Honor for saving Marco’s crew. But ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 62% from 63,694 members
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  • Bread and Tulips (2000)
    Starring: Licia Maglietta,  Bruno Ganz,  Giuseppe Battiston
    Director: Silvio Soldini
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Rosalba is a housewife in Pescara with teenage sons, married since 21 to a plumbing supplier whose mistress is her sister-in-law. When a tour bus leaves her, and her husband calls to tell her to stay put, she rebels slightly and hitchhikes toward home, deciding on a whim to continue to Venice.
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 76% from 74 members
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  • Eternity and a Day (1998)
    Starring: Bruno Ganz,  Isabelle Renauld,  Fabrizio Bentivoglio
    Director: Theo Angelopoulos
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Alexander, a great author beset with failing health and facing the prospect of his own death, despairingly prepares to leave forever his family home. However, following the discovery of an old letter from his late wife, evoking memories of happier times and a chance encounter with a young Albanian ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 74% from 20 members
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  • A Trick Of The Light on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Wim Wenders,  Nadine Buettner,  Lucie Hurtgen-Skladanowsky
    Director: Wim Wenders
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Weaving together docu-drama, fictional re-enactment and experimental photography, the film is a powerful and beautifully crafted exploration into the early days of German cinema and tells the story of the Skladanowsky Brothers who invented the Bioskop, the forerunner of the film projector.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 62% from 46 members
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  • Wings Of Desire on DVD (1987)
    Starring: Bruno Ganz,  Peter Falk,  Solveig Dommartin
    Director: Wim Wenders
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    The sky over Wenders' war-scarred Berlin is full of gentle, trenchcoated angels who listen to the tortured thoughts of mortals and try to comfort them. One of the angels wishes to become mortal after falling in love with a beautiful trapeze artist. Peter Falk, as himself, assists in the ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 5,010 members
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  • Wings Of Desire - BLU-RAY Version (1987)
    Starring: Bruno Ganz,  Peter Falk,  Solveig Dommartin
    Director: Wim Wenders
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    The sky over Wenders' war-scarred Berlin is full of gentle, trenchcoated angels who listen to the tortured thoughts of mortals and try to comfort them. One of the angels wishes to become mortal after falling in love with a beautiful trapeze artist. Peter Falk, as himself, assists in the ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 56% from 3 members
    Due for release on 22nd February 2010
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  • Tokyo-Ga on DVD (1985)
    Starring: Chishu Ryu,  Werner Herzog,  Yuuharu Atsuta
    Director: Wim Wenders
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Having been moved by the work of acclaimed director Yasujiro Ozu, Wenders travels to Japan to search out the Tokyo he has seen in his films, discovering along the way how the country is losing its identity and culture to Americanisation.
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 93 members
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  • Paris, Texas on DVD (1984)
    Starring: Nastassja Kinski,  Dean Stockwell,  Harry Dean Stanton
    Director: Wim Wenders
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Winner of the Grand Prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 1984, Wim Wenders's PARIS, TEXAS tells the haunting story of an amnesiac (Harry Dean Stanton) and his struggle to rebuild his shattered life. Featuring a story by Sam Shepard and a renowned score by Ry Cooder, the film also stars Nastassja ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 4,565 members
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  • Nicks Film:Lightning Over Water on DVD (1980)
    Starring: Wim Wenders,  Gerry Bamman,  Nicholas Ray
    Director: Wim Wenders,  Nicholas Ray
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Director Nicholas Ray is diagnosed with cancer and is determined to complete his final film before his untimely demise. Wim Wenders follows his quest and in this moving film charts the death of a rare talent. The film features an outstanding soundtrack which adds to the impact.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 54% from 39 members
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  • The American Friend on DVD (1977)
    Starring: Dennis Hopper,  Bruno Ganz,  Nicholas Ray
    Director: Wim Wenders
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Jonathan Zimmermann (Bruno Ganz), a German art-restorer, is dying of a rare blood disease. Despite his illness, the happily married Jonathan does his best to live each day to the fullest with his wife and child. But when cunning American gangster Tom Ripley (Dennis Hopper) learns of Jonathan's ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 62% from 1,253 member
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  • The Marquis Of O on DVD (1976)
    Starring: Edith Clever,  Bruno Ganz,  Edda Seippel
    Director: Eric Rohmer
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    French director Eric Rohmer's 1976 tale of the MARQUIS OF O, a young widow in 18th century Italy, during the battle against the Russians. She is rescued unconscious from a violation by Count F, a Russian lieutenant, yet strangely finds herself pregnant several months later.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 57% from 260 members
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  • Wim Wenders Collection (10 discs) on DVD
    Starring: Nastassja Kiniski,  Harry Dean Stanton,  Dennis Hopper
    Director: Wim Wenders
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Best known for such international hits as Wings Of Desire, Paris, Texas and the Oscar®-nominated Buena Vista Social Club, Wim Wenders remains one of the most unique and important directors in the world today. In these 10 acclaimed feature films and documentaries - including several available for ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 1,951 member
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  • The Manchurian Candidate to Watch Now (2004)
    Starring: Denzel Washington,  Meryl Streep,  Liev Schreiber
    Director: Jonathan Demme
    Certificate: Certificate: 15 (TBC)
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    Run time: 129 minutes
    Academy Award winners Denzel Washington and Meryl Streep, along with Golden Globe and Emmy nominee Liev Schreiber, mesmerize a whole new generation of audiences in Academy Award winner Jonathan Demme's "The Manchurian Candidate." As the entire nation watches the presidential campaign hurtle towards ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 62% from 45 members
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Bruno Ganz facts

5 most recent films

The Reader - 4.0 stars
The Baader-Meinhof Complex - 3.5 stars
Reader, The - BLU-RAY Version - 3.5 stars
The Dust of Time - 1.5 stars
Youth Without Youth - 2.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Downfall - BLU-RAY Version - 4.0 stars
The Reader - 4.0 stars
Bread and Tulips - 4.0 stars
Downfall - 4.0 stars
Reader, The - BLU-RAY Version - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

The Dust of Time - 1.5 stars
Nicks Film:Lightning Over Water - 3.0 stars
Wings Of Desire - BLU-RAY Version - 3.0 stars
A Note Book On Cities And Clothes - 3.0 stars
A Trick Of The Light - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Otto Sander - 14 times - show films
Solveig Dommartin - 12 times - show films
Peter Falk - 12 times - show films
Lisa Kreuzer - 12 times - show films
Dennis Hopper - 11 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Wim Wenders - 13 times - show films
Jonathan Demme - 4 times - show films
Oliver Hirschbiegel - 4 times - show films
Eric Rohmer - 2 times - show films
Stephen Daldry - 2 times - show films