Bruno Ganz to be honoured with European Film Award
Swiss actor Bruno Ganz will be honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the European Film Awards ceremony. “Whether as an angel in “Wings of Desire” (1987) by Wim Wenders or in the Italian comedy “Bread and Tulips” (2000) by Silvio Soldini or impersonating Adolf Hitler in Oliver Hirschbiegel’s “The Downfall” (2004), Bruno Ganz has lent his face to some of cinema’s most unforgettable moments,” wrote the Board of the European Film Academy in its acknowledgement of Ganz’s achievements.
16.09.2010
Swiss actor Bruno Ganz will be honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the European Film Awards ceremony. “Whether as an angel in “Wings of Desire” (1987) by Wim Wenders or in the Italian comedy “Bread and Tulips” (2000) by Silvio Soldini or impersonating Adolf Hitler in Oliver Hirschbiegel’s “The Downfall” (2004), Bruno Ganz has lent his face to some of cinema’s most unforgettable moments,” wrote the Board of the European Film Academy in its acknowledgement of Ganz’s achievements.
In the 70s and 80s actor Bruno Ganz, from Zurich, worked with the greats of German auteur cinema, including Werner Herzog, Volker Schlöndorff and Wim Wenders. Throughout his impressive international career he has worked with the likes of Eric Rohmer, Theo Angelopoulos, Alain Tanner and Francis Ford Coppola. Bruno Ganz also stars in Christoph Schaub's "Giulias Verschwinden", which was recently selected as the nomination by the Swiss members of the European Film Academy. Together with actress Iris Berben, he was elected President of the German Film Academy in 2010. Bruno Ganz will attend the 23rd European Awards Ceremony in Tallinn as an honorary guest on December 4, 2010.
Zurich, September 16, 2010