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Gustaf Gründgens

Gustaf Gründgens

Actor · Born 1899-12-22 · Düsseldorf, Germany

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Biography

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.

Movies & TV Shows

  1. M (1931) — Schränker
  2. Liebelei (1933) — Baron v. Eggersdorff
  3. Hitler's Hollywood (2017) — Various Roles (archive footage)
  4. Faust (1960) — Mephisto
  5. Uncle Krüger (1941) — Joseph Chamberlain
  6. Der Tunnel (1933) — Mr. Woolf
  7. Tanz auf dem Vulkan (1938) — Jean-Gaspard Debureau
  8. Danton (1931) — Robespierre
  9. A Glass of Water (1960) — Sir Henry St. John
  10. Le Tunnel (1933) — Woolf
  11. The Countess of Monte Cristo (1932) — Der 'Baron' Hochstapler
  12. Love Story (1933) — Baron von Eggersdorf
  13. Love in Stunt Flying (1937) — Jack Warren
  14. Joan of Arc (1935) — König Karl VII. von Frankreich
  15. The Theft of the Mona Lisa (1931) — Unbekannter
  16. Black Fighter Johanna (1934) — Dr. Frost, politischer Agent
  17. Teilnehmer antwortet nicht (1932) — Fahrlehrer
  18. Friedemann Bach (1941) — Wilhelm Friedemann Bach
  19. Pygmalion (1935) — Professor Higgins
  20. A Woman of No Importance (1936) — Lord George Illingworth
  21. So Ended a Great Love (1934) — Count Metternich
  22. Fire in the Opera House (1930) — Otto van Lingen
  23. Hokuspokus (1930) — Staatsanwalt Dr.Wilke
  24. Yorck (1931) — Karl August Fürst von Hardenberg
  25. Die schönen Tage von Aranjuez (1933) — Alexander
  26. Luise, Queen of Prussia (1931) — König Friedrich Wilhelm III
  27. Never Trust a Woman (1930) — Jean
  28. Hundert Tage (1935) — Fouché
  29. Inheritance in Pretoria (1934) — Eugen Schliebach
  30. Va Banque (1930) — John James Brown, Privatdetektiv
  31. Das Jahrhundert des Theaters (2002) — Self (archive footage)
  32. A Physical History of 'M' (2015) — Schränker (archive footage)
  33. Zur Person (1963) — Self

Directed

  1. Faust (1960) — Director
  2. Der Schritt vom Wege (1939) — Director
  3. Two Worlds (1940) — Director
  4. Love in Stunt Flying (1937) — Director
  5. The Grand Duke's Finances (1934) — Director
  6. Friedemann Bach (1941) — Director
  7. Don Gil von den grünen Hosen (1964) — Director
  8. The Town Stands on Its Head (1933) — Director