Line #7 Creator/BrunoGanz


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3	->''"I tend to identify with my roles to such an extent that I appear to be totally convinced about certain statements that, in real life, I would never believe in."''
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5	Bruno Ganz (March 22, 1941 – February 16, 2019) was a UsefulNotes/{{Swi\|tzerland}}ss actor from Zurich.
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7	One of the most prominent and revered figures in German-language theatre, film and television for about fifty years (in UsefulNotes/{{Germany}}, UsefulNotes/{{Austria}} and Switzerland alike), he received much critical acclaim and awards during his career, and he worked with such renowned filmmakers as Creator/WimWenders, Creator/WernerHerzog, Creator/EricRohmer, Théo Angelopoulos, Creator/FrancisFordCoppola and Creator/RidleyScott, to name a few.
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9	He had a great enough range as an actor to play both an angel (in ''Film/WingsOfDesire'') and UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler in ''Film/{{Downfall\|2004}}'' (''Der Untergang''). The latter role was perhaps how he was best known to most contemporary audiences, and especially since his epic [[VillainousBreakdown mental breakdowns]] in that film spawned the hugely {{memetic\|mutation}} ''WebVideo/HitlerRants'' GagSub videos.
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11	He passed away from intestinal cancer on 16 February 2019, over a month shy of his 78th birthday.
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14	!!Works on TV Tropes:
15	* ''Film/TheAmericanFriend'' (1977) as Jonathan Zimmerman
16	* ''Literature/TheBoysFromBrazil'' (1978) as Dr. Bruckner
17	* ''Film/NosferatuTheVampyre'' (1979) as Jonathan Harker
18	* ''Film/WingsOfDesire'' (1987) as Damiel
19	* ''Film/ChildrenOfNature'' (1991), cameo
20	* ''Series/{{Tatort}}'' (episode "Schattenwelt", 1996) as Dr. Thomas Berg ("Tom Bombadil")
21	* ''Film/EternityAndADay'' (1998) as Alexandros
22	* ''Film/{{Luther\|2003}}'' (2003) as Dr. Johann von Staupitz.
23	* ''Literature/TheManchurianCandidate'' (2004) as Delp
24	* ''Film/{{Downfall\|2004}}'' (2004) as UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler
25	* ''Literature/TheReader'' (2008) as Professor Rohl
26	* ''Film/TheBaaderMeinhofComplex'' (2008) as Horst Herold
27	* ''Film/{{Unknown\|2011}}'' (2011) as Ernst Jürgen
28	* ''Film/NightTrainToLisbon'' (2013) as Jorge O'Kelly
29	* ''Film/TheCounselor'' (2013) as the diamond dealer
30	* ''Film/InOrderOfDisappearance'' (2014) as "Papa" Popović
31	* ''Film/{{Remember}}'' (2015) as Rudy Kurlander #1
32	* ''Film/{{Heidi\|2015}}'' (2015) as "Alpöhi" (Heidi's Grandfather)
33	* ''Film/TheHouseThatJackBuilt'' (2018) as Verge [[note]]The last film he played in.[[/note]]
34	* ''Film/AHiddenLife'' (2019) as Judge Lueben [[note]]His final film to be released, but not the last one he played in. This one had an ExtremelyLengthyCreation since 2016.[[/note]]
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36	!!Tropes and Trivia applying to his roles:
37	* FakeNationality:[[invoked]] He has played more German characters than anything else due to often being cast in German productions, and he hailed from Switzerland. He was easily able to adapt to the required accents.
38	* WhatCouldHaveBeen:[[invoked]] He turned down the role of Oskar Schindler in ''Film/SchindlersList''.

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