Kelly the Dog Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 A truly great Swiss actor who appeared in a lot of German films. You guys probably know him best as the Hitler from "Downfall" in the Internet memes/parodies with Hitler going crazy about the Bills trades, and other stories. But he was fantastic in Wings of Desire, and An American Friend by Wim Wenders, and a dozen other foreign films. He was also in the crappy remake of The Manchurian Candidate, as well as The Boys From Brazil. Extraordinary actor who will be missed. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stony Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 7 minutes ago, Kelly the Dog said: A truly great Swiss actor who appeared in a lot of German films. You guys probably know him best as the Hitler from "Downfall" in the Internet memes/parodies with Hitler going crazy about the Bills trades, and other stories. But he was fantastic in Wings of Desire, and An American Friend by Wim Wenders, and a dozen other foreign films. He was also in the crappy remake of The Manchurian Candidate, as well as The Boys From Brazil. Extraordinary actor who will be missed. The American Friend is Hopper's best film IMO. I had no clue it was Ganz until a few years back after wanting to know more about the guy playing Hitler in all those memes. Great performance by Ganz as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 nein nein nein nein nein nein! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelly the Dog Posted February 16, 2019 Author Share Posted February 16, 2019 20 minutes ago, stony said: The American Friend is Hopper's best film IMO. I had no clue it was Ganz until a few years back after wanting to know more about the guy playing Hitler in all those memes. Great performance by Ganz as well. Hopper was good in a lot of movies, but yes, really great in The American Friend. Wenders is an incredible director. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nextmanup Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 A great actor who will be missed. His performance as Hitler in "Der Untergang" will be the standard all others are judged by, probably forever. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turk71 Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 I am bumping this thread because a duplicate was formed after it. But after reading I realize who he was. RIP. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Fischer Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 18 hours ago, Kelly the Dog said: A truly great Swiss actor who appeared in a lot of German films. You guys probably know him best as the Hitler from "Downfall" in the Internet memes/parodies with Hitler going crazy about the Bills trades, and other stories. But he was fantastic in Wings of Desire, and An American Friend by Wim Wenders, and a dozen other foreign films. He was also in the crappy remake of The Manchurian Candidate, as well as The Boys From Brazil. Extraordinary actor who will be missed. Agree. In another thread I said I thought Ganz was brilliant and his role as Hitler is an all-time performance. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turk71 Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 I am going to honor him by watching Downfall and Boys From Brazil. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsfaninChicago Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 Man he was mad about that TO signing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelly the Dog Posted February 17, 2019 Author Share Posted February 17, 2019 21 minutes ago, Turk71 said: I am going to honor him by watching Downfall and Boys From Brazil. Wings of Desire is probably his best movie although you cannot go wrong with Downfall, which may be his best performance. Desire was one of the best films in the 1980s. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridgewaycynic2013 Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 25 minutes ago, Kelly the Dog said: Wings of Desire is probably his best movie although you cannot go wrong with Downfall, which may be his best performance. Desire was one of the best films in the 1980s. ‘Hitler Reacts to Star Trek (2009)’ was boffo as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turk71 Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 47 minutes ago, Kelly the Dog said: Wings of Desire is probably his best movie although you cannot go wrong with Downfall, which may be his best performance. Desire was one of the best films in the 1980s. Thnx. I will look for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turk71 Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 1 hour ago, Turk71 said: I am going to honor him by watching Downfall and Boys From Brazil. 51 minutes ago, Kelly the Dog said: Wings of Desire is probably his best movie although you cannot go wrong with Downfall, which may be his best performance. Desire was one of the best films in the 1980s. I thought of Boys From Brazil cause I saw it when it came out. A couple years later I saw it again with a friend and housemate at SUNY Albany who grew up with Steve Guttenberg. They were good buds in high school on L.I. and went to Albany together. Guttenberg left after a year to be an actor. He gets killed in one of the first scenes I think. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelly the Dog Posted February 17, 2019 Author Share Posted February 17, 2019 7 minutes ago, Turk71 said: I thought of Boys From Brazil cause I saw it when it came out. A couple years later I saw it again with a friend and housemate at SUNY Albany who grew up with Steve Guttenberg. They were good buds in high school on L.I. and went to Albany together. Guttenberg left after a year to be an actor. He gets killed in one of the first scenes I think. They should have killed him off before the movie. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boater Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 (edited) His acting in Downfall was epic. I recommend the movie to anyone. It's free on Amazon Prime, or $3 at Google Play. Edited February 17, 2019 by boater 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 INEVITABLE: Hitler Learns Bruno Ganz Has Died. ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marv's Neighbor Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 https://video.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?fr=yhs-avg-fh_lsonsw&hsimp=yhs-fh_lsonsw&hspart=avg&p=hitler+united+airlines#id=3&vid=26d8b11a40eadab08cc6309dfb817a36&action=click Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CowgirlsFan Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 RIP Condolences all around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 On 2/17/2019 at 3:46 PM, B-Man said: INEVITABLE: Hitler Learns Bruno Ganz Has Died. ? I've been checking in on this thread just waiting for this.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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