Bruno Ganz dead at 77
02-16-19 | 05:37 AM
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Bruno Ganz dead at 77
https://www.dw.com/en/swiss-actor-br...-77/a-47546200
His portrayal of Hitler was iconic. I will never forget him going on a tirade about a Volkswagen.
Swiss actor Bruno Ganz died overnight on Saturday in his home in Zurich, according to German media. He was 77 years old.
Ganz was famous both on the stage and on the big screen in roles including that of Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler in "Downfall" (2004) and Fernando Girasole in "Bread and Tulips" (2000).
His last film performance was as Verge in Lars von Trier's horror movie "The House That Jack Built" (2018), playing a character that alludes to the figure of Virgil in Dante's "Inferno."
In 1996, he received the prestigious award for German-speaking actors, the Iffland-Ring, which the bearer traditionally disposes of until death and passes on by will to the male actor he considers the best in German-language theater.
Ganz was famous both on the stage and on the big screen in roles including that of Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler in "Downfall" (2004) and Fernando Girasole in "Bread and Tulips" (2000).
His last film performance was as Verge in Lars von Trier's horror movie "The House That Jack Built" (2018), playing a character that alludes to the figure of Virgil in Dante's "Inferno."
In 1996, he received the prestigious award for German-speaking actors, the Iffland-Ring, which the bearer traditionally disposes of until death and passes on by will to the male actor he considers the best in German-language theater.
02-16-19 | 06:24 AM
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Man, RIP. 77 ain't as old as it used to be. He was terrific in The House That Jack Built.
He was in some great movies.
The Marquise of O
The American Friend
The Boys From Brazil
Nosferatu the Vampyre
In The White City
Wings of Desire
Eternity and a Day
Bread and Tulips
Downfall
The Baader Meinhoff Complex
The Reader
The Counselor
The House That Jack Built
And it looks like his last film will be Terrence Malick's Radegund.
He was in some great movies.
The Marquise of O
The American Friend
The Boys From Brazil
Nosferatu the Vampyre
In The White City
Wings of Desire
Eternity and a Day
Bread and Tulips
Downfall
The Baader Meinhoff Complex
The Reader
The Counselor
The House That Jack Built
And it looks like his last film will be Terrence Malick's Radegund.
02-16-19 | 08:23 AM
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Re: Bruno Ganz dead at 77
Weirdly yeah, I see 77 nowadays and think that's still not that old. But hell, pneumonia in your mid-60s on can easily be fatal.
02-16-19 | 09:31 AM
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Dang. A damn fine actor.
02-16-19 | 09:48 AM
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I know him mostly from Downfall, which must absolutely suck for a German actor - to be remembered primarily for being Hitler.
(And of course the following, never ending memes)
He was good in that role though.
(And of course the following, never ending memes)
He was good in that role though.
02-16-19 | 01:02 PM
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02-16-19 | 05:53 PM
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His best performance was probably in Reinhard Hauff's Messer im Kopf.
02-16-19 | 10:35 PM
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Definitely a shame to read this, today.
RIP to a great actor.
RIP to a great actor.
02-18-19 | 09:34 AM
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First remember seeing him in The American Friend - and later in Nosferatu, Boys from Brazil and Downfall. Always delivered a stand-out performance. RIP 
