Bruno Ganz

Bruno Ganz bornMarch 1941 is a Swiss actor, known for his roles as Damiel in Wings of Desire, as Adolf Hitler in Downfall and its associated parodies, as Dr. Heinrich Faust in the Peter Steins staging of Faust, Part One and as Professor Rohl in The Reader.

Bruno Ganz was born in Zrich, to a Swiss mechanic father and a northern Italian mother. He had decided to pursue an acting career by the time he entered university. He was equally drawn to stage and screen but initially enjoyed greater success on the stage.

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