The European Film Academy will give its lifetime achievement award this year to Swiss actor Bruno Ganz, perhaps best-known internationally for portraying Adolf Hitler in the Oscar-nominated "Downfall.

Actor Bruno Ganz and director Oliver Hirschbiegel's new film is Downfall, about the last days of Hitler. Ganz, who is Swiss, stars as Adolf Hitler in the movie that garnered an Academy Award ...

ZURICH (Reuters) - Bruno Ganz, the Swiss actor who portrayed Adolf Hitler in Oscar-nominated film "Downfall" and the kindly grandfather in "Heidi", died of cancer at his home in Zurich on Saturday ...

Early word on the German film “Downfall” was that it “humanized” Adolf Hitler, and thus had caused some controversy in Europe. This turns out to be not entirely the case. “Downfall” does present ...

Everybody seems to be talking about "The Downfall" these days and especially about Bruno Ganz's portrayal as Adolph Hitler. Whether or not you think the world needs another film about Hitler and the ...

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BERLIN (AP) — Swiss actor Bruno Ganz, who played Adolf Hitler cooped up in his Berlin bunker in “Downfall” and an angel in Wim Wenders’ “Wings of Desire,” has died. He was 77. German news agency dpa ...

Internet sensation Bruno Ganz will portray Pope Sixtus VI in the pilot starring Kyle Chandler and written by "House's" Paul Attanasio. By Lesley Goldberg Television Editor, West Coast Showtime‘s The ...

Actor Bruno Ganz and director Oliver Hirschbiegel's new film is Downfall, about the last days of Hitler. Ganz stars as Adolf Hitler. He's made... 'Downfall' from Ganz and Hirschbiegel Actor Bruno Ganz ...