All we're chilled by your portrait of real-life monster, Adolf Hitler in "Der Untergang", aka "Downfall" (and guffawed at those unusual, YouTube parodies), but your varied personas defined so many productions, including those of fantasy and fierce thrills.
There's "Nosferatu '79" (where I discovered you); "The Boys from Brazil" (the greatest clone movie of all time); "The Manchurian Candidate '04"; "The House that Jack Built"; "Unknown"; "Messer im Kopf", aka "Knife in the Head"; "Remember"; "Ripley's Game"; "The American Friend" (as fine an example of pulpish noir as one will absorb); "Wings of Desire"; and "Faraway, So Close!". On stage, you made yet another respected mark as the titular lead in Goethe's soul-selling "Faust".
You brought empathy, madness and joy to the characters you were given, often becoming the focus, by making them your own.
The world needs more actors like you, Herr Ganz. At least Heaven now houses another of the best.
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