Die Europa - The European Actors Award

Die Ewigkeit und ein Tag (Mia eoniotita ke mia mera)
Director: Theo Angelopoulos, F/I/D 1997, 133 min, 35 mm, colour, GS
Actors: Bruno Ganz, Isabelle Renauld, Achileas Skevis


The poet Alexandros, widowed and lonely, stuck in a literary rut, has only one day left to live. By chance he meets a similarly homeless Albanian refugee child. Quietly and with great narrative richness and gently, Theo Angelopoulos tells the journey of a man to his inner self; of friendship, love, responsibility,ambition, grief and loss. Great cinema.




Die Marquise von O. (La Marquise d'O.)
Director: Eric Rohmer, BRD/F 1975, 102 min, 35 mm, colour, GV
Actors: Bruno Ganz, Edith Clever, Otto Sander


In 1799 during the Napoleonic wars, Julietta Marquise of O. is saved from marauding soldiers by a Russian count, who then cannot resist, drugging and violating her. Having become pregnant the marquise starts searching for her child's father. The count however returns and tries to atone for his deed by marriage. This adaptation of Kleist won the Golden Palm at Cannes. Bundesfilmpreis for Bruno Ganz.




Brot und Tulpen (Pane e Tulipani)
Director: Silvio Soldini, I 2000, 118 min, 35 mm, colour, GV
Actors: Bruno Ganz, Licia Maglietta, Giuseppe Battiston


That is not a nice thing: Housewife Rosalba is left behind by her husband and children at a service area. She hitches to Venice where she meets a droll Icelandic waiter, and the vivacious Grazia, and ends up working for a flower dealer. Rosalba blossoms like a tulip in this melancholy but vibrant film. The film won 9 Italian Oscars. Best male actor: Bruno Ganz.




Bruno Ganz - Behind me
Director: Norbert Wiedmer, CH/D 2001, 85 min, 35 mm, colour, GV
Actors: Bruno Ganz, Manfred Eicher, Das Faust-Ensemble


How do you explain a person who is so many different persons? For three years Norbert Wiedmer has accompanied and documented the most important actor in German theatre, the phenomenon Bruno Ganz, an artist who is both passionate and obsessed. The focus is on Peter Steins Faust production as well as pictures from Venice where Ganz lives.




Der Amerikanische Freund
Director: Wim Wenders, BRD/F 1976, 126 min, 35 mm, colour, GV
Actors: Bruno Ganz, Dennis Hopper, Lisa Kreuzer


A man commits two commissioned murders after learning that he is critically ill. Wim Wenders description of subjective experience of reality is one of the best achievements of German film in the 70s. It received nominations for film awards in Cannes and in Germany. Bruno Ganz is brilliant as the main character. Dennis Hopper is his adversary.




Der Himmel über Berlin
Director: Wim Wenders, BRD/F 1987, 127 min, 35 mm, colour & bw, GV
Actors: Bruno Ganz, Otto Sander, Solveig Dommartin


Wim Wenders prize-winning film tells the story of the angels Cassiel and Damiel whom God banishes to Earth for contradicting him. Damiel falls in love, leaves the sphere of the angels and so becomes mortal. This is Wenders most famous film and a poetic declaration of love to life, sensuality, the limitations of everything earthly and Berlin.




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