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Bruno Ganz

Actor
22 March 1941 to 15 February 2019

A Swiss actor who became best known later in his career for playing Adolf Hitler in Downfall (2004), Ganz had risen to prominence in films such as The Marquise of O (1976), The Boys From Brazil (1978) and Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979). He famously collaborated with Wim Wenders on The American Friend (1977) and Wings of Desire (1987).

Read Bruno Ganz's Guardian obituary here.