# Bruno Ganz Dead **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 16, 2019, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bruno-ganz-dead/829672 "2019-02-16T15:28:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2019, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bruno-ganz-dead/829672/1 "2019-02-16T15:28:49Z")
[Sad news](https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-47264709). _Der Himmel über Berlin_ remains one of my most favourite films. Synchronicity: Herzog’s \*Nosferatu \*was being projected as backdrop while I was clubbing last night. It’s a pity most people will only know him from the Hitler memes. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2019, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bruno-ganz-dead/829672/2 "2019-02-16T17:29:40Z")
I found him very affecting in Wim Wenders’ **The American Friend** and **Wings of Desire**. A very talented man. RIP. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2019, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bruno-ganz-dead/829672/3 "2019-02-16T21:16:05Z")
Obligatory IMDb [link](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004486/). To me, he hit his stride in the late 80s. _Strapless_, _Love of a Woman_, etc. Sadly, he’s going to remembered for the Hitler Rant thing. Great performance turned into a meme. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2019, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bruno-ganz-dead/829672/4 "2019-02-16T21:33:42Z")
_Wings of Desire_ is brilliant. And I’m glad I saw _Downfall_ before it got memed to death. (Though I did like a lot of the Hitler memes.) ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2019, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bruno-ganz-dead/829672/5 "2019-02-16T21:35:04Z")
How long before we see “Hitler reacts to death of Bruno Ganz”? ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2019, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bruno-ganz-dead/829672/6 "2019-02-16T21:39:51Z")
> [@E-DUB](#): > > How long before we see “Hitler reacts to death of Bruno Ganz”? [Here you go.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1R4oUBj0L0) It isn’t what I was expecting. Kind of a moving tribute. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2019, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bruno-ganz-dead/829672/7 "2019-02-16T21:57:12Z")
[And here’s a clip with Peter Falk.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Qo3F-0keq8) ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2019, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bruno-ganz-dead/829672/8 "2019-02-17T00:00:51Z")
Aw, I really loved Wings of Desire. It made City of Angels seem worse by comparing them. Even Andre Braugher couldn’t save that turkey. ---
**Author:** ![Pithily\_Effusive](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pithily_effusive/32/252_2.png) [@Pithily\_Effusive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pithily_Effusive)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2019, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bruno-ganz-dead/829672/9 "2019-02-18T06:29:42Z")
I first noticed him in _Downfall_. Fine actor; unique and special. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2019, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bruno-ganz-dead/829672/10 "2019-02-20T00:41:59Z")
From my review of _Downfall_ on IMDB: > [@Bo](#): > > I was aghast at the insanity and the horror that was the final days of the Third Reich. And leading the crazed was the Fuhrer himself, a miserable, twisted, twitching wretch of a man. Bruno Ganz is amazing as he lets us see all aspects of the man’s personality, from kindly father to deranged psychopath. We see Hitler as a polite, well-mannered diner. We see Hitler as a screaming lunatic, ordering his generals to marshal forces which no longer exist. We see him as a devoted dog lover and vegetarian. We see him as a man who has no mercy for the brother of his longtime mistress (and soon-to-be wife). Mr. Ganz is worth 10 stars alone, even if you saw & heard nothing else in this film. RIP Mr. Ganz; you done good.