He has died of intestinal cancer aged 77 in Zurich, Switzerland. His most famous role was playing Adolf Hitler in the highly acclaimed film Der Untergang in 2004. https://youtu.be/Bp1RXmM1-60

What a performance he gave in Downfall. R.I.P.

RIP I've always known him from the 1987 Wim Wenders film Wings Of Desire.

He was also in 1978 movie The Boys From Brazil, which was about a Nazi hunter learning about a group trying to bring back the Third Reich.