Bruno Ganz

Before taking his Matura exams (in Switzerland, the general qualification for university entrance), Ganz had decided to become an actor. In 1960, aged 19, he played his first movie role, in Der Herr mit der schwarzen Melone ("The Man in the Black Derby"). Gustav Knuth, one of the main actors, believed in Ganz's qualification as an actor.

Trivia

• Alcide Nikopol, the protagonist of the "Nikopol trilogy" of graphic novels by Enki Bilal, is clearly modelled after Bruno Ganz