The famous Swiss actor Bruno Ganz died at his home in Zurich on the 15th local time at the age of 77.
According to the BBC on February 16, in 2004, Bruno Gantz's role as the Führer of Nazi Germany during World War II in "The Destruction of the Empire" was well known. The film tells the story of Hitler's last 7 days in the Berlin underground fortress, in which Gantz plays the Führer who is crazy and violent, trying to command the troops that have been wiped out, and his solid acting skills have made him countless fans on the Internet, and has spawned a series of derivative cultural works such as "The Fuehrer's Wrath".
"The Destruction of the Empire" grossed $92 million (about 623 million yuan) at the box office when it was first released.
Poster for The Destruction of empires
In 2010, the 23rd European Film Awards presented the Lifetime Achievement Award to Bruno.
It is understood that Bruno Gantz's appearance in the theater began in 1961, and as a young actor with solid skills, his performances have won a good reputation. In 1970 he co-founded the Berlin "schaubuehne" troupe with PeterStein. His performance in the film was in early 1960 and was not very successful until 1976, when the film Sommergäste allowed him to show off his talent as an actor.
Bruno Gantz Figure 丨 BBC
Bruno has appeared in dozens of films since the 70s, and his superb acting skills have earned him a worldwide reputation.
From the 1970s to the 1980s, Bruno Gantz collaborated with Werner Herzog, Volcker Schrondorff, Wim Wenders, a number of German contemporary film giants, and jointly presented a series of "new German films" such as "American Friends", the new version of "Northfaratu", "The Wrong Witness", "The End of the World", etc., which is definitely the first male star in the German film industry. At the same time, he has also played for world film masters such as Eric Houmai, Theo Angelopoulos, Francis Ford Coppola and other world film masters, starring in "O Marquise", "Eternal Day", "Youth Without Youth" and other masterpieces, and his 2000 Italian comedy "Dream Tulip" is also one of the most popular films in European audiences.