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Gustaf Gründgens

Gustaf Gründgens

Actor · 1899–1963 · Düsseldorf, Germany

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Gustaf Gründgens (22 December 1899 – 7 October 1963), born Gustav Heinrich Arnold Gründgens, was one of Germany's most famous and influential actors of the 20th century, and artistic director of theatres in Berlin, Düsseldorf, and Hamburg. His career continued unimpeded through the years of the Nazi regime; the extent to which this can be considered as deliberate collaboration with the Nazis is hotly disputed. His best known roles were that of Mephistopheles in Goethe's Faust in 1956/57, and as "Der Schränker" (The Safecracker) who is the chief judge of the kangaroo court presiding over Peter Lorre in Fritz Lang's M.

Acted in 31

2010s

  1. 2017

    Hitler's Hollywood

    Various Roles (archive footage)

  2. 2015

    A Physical History of 'M'

    Schränker (archive footage)

1960s

  1. 1960

    Faust

    Mephisto

    74

  2. A Glass of Water

    Sir Henry St. John

1940s

  1. 1941

    Friedemann Bach

    Wilhelm Friedemann Bach

  2. Uncle Krüger

    Joseph Chamberlain

1930s

  1. 1938

    Tanz auf dem Vulkan

    Jean-Gaspard Debureau

  2. 1937

    Love in Stunt Flying

    Jack Warren

  3. 1936

    A Woman of No Importance

    Lord George Illingworth

  4. 1935

    Pygmalion

    Professor Higgins

  5. Joan of Arc

    König Karl VII. von Frankreich

  6. Hundert Tage

    Fouché

  7. 1934

    Inheritance in Pretoria

    Eugen Schliebach

  8. So Ended a Great Love

    Count Metternich

  9. Black Fighter Johanna

    Dr. Frost, politischer Agent

  10. 1933

    Le Tunnel

    Woolf

  11. Der Tunnel

    Mr. Woolf

  12. Die schönen Tage von Aranjuez

    Alexander

  13. Liebelei

    Baron v. Eggersdorff

  14. Love Story

    Baron von Eggersdorf

  15. 1932

    Teilnehmer antwortet nicht

    Fahrlehrer

  16. The Countess of Monte Cristo

    Der 'Baron' Hochstapler

  17. 1931

    Yorck

    Karl August Fürst von Hardenberg

  18. Luise, Queen of Prussia

    König Friedrich Wilhelm III

  19. The Theft of the Mona Lisa

    Unbekannter

  20. M

    Schränker

    87

  21. Danton

    Robespierre

  22. 1930

    Fire in the Opera House

    Otto van Lingen

  23. Va Banque

    John James Brown, Privatdetektiv

  24. Hokuspokus

    Staatsanwalt Dr.Wilke

  25. Never Trust a Woman

    Jean

Directed 7

1960s

  1. 1960

    Faust

    Director

    74

1940s

  1. 1941

    Friedemann Bach

    Director

  2. 1940

    Two Worlds

    Director

1930s

  1. 1939

    Der Schritt vom Wege

    Director

  2. 1937

    Love in Stunt Flying

    Director

  3. 1934

    The Grand Duke's Finances

    Director

  4. 1933

    The Town Stands on Its Head

    Director

Produced 1

1930s

  1. 1939

    Der Schritt vom Wege

    Executive Producer

Wrote 1

1930s

  1. 1934

    The Grand Duke's Finances

    Writer

Appearances2

2000s

  1. 2002

    Das Jahrhundert des Theaters

    Self (archive footage) · 2 episodes