Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
December 22, 1899
Place of Birth:
Düsseldorf, Germany
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Gustaf Gründgens
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.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Hitler's Hollywood | Various Roles (archive footage) |
| 2015 | A Physical History of 'M' | Schränker (archive footage) |
| 1960 | Faust | Mephisto |
| 1960 | A Glass of Water | Sir Henry St. John |
| 1941 | Friedemann Bach | Wilhelm Friedemann Bach |
| 1941 | Uncle Krüger | Joseph Chamberlain |
| 1938 | Tanz auf dem Vulkan | Jean-Gaspard Debureau |
| 1937 | Love in Stunt Flying | Jack Warren |
| 1936 | Eine Frau ohne Bedeutung | Lord George Illingworth |
| 1935 | Joan of Arc | König Karl VII. von Frankreich |
| 1935 | Pygmalion | Professor Higgins |
| 1935 | Hundert Tage | Fouché |
| 1934 | Black Fighter Johanna | Dr. Frost, politischer Agent |
| 1934 | So Ended a Great Love | Count Metternich |
| 1934 | Inheritance in Pretoria | Eugen Schliebach |
| 1933 | Der Tunnel | Mr. Woolf |
| 1933 | Liebelei | Baron v. Eggersdorff |
| 1933 | Die schönen Tage von Aranjuez | Alexander |
| 1933 | Le Tunnel | Woolf |
| 1933 | Love Story | Baron von Eggersdorf |
| 1932 | The Countess of Monte Cristo | Der 'Baron' Hochstapler |
| 1932 | Teilnehmer antwortet nicht | Fahrlehrer |
| 1931 | M | Schränker |
| 1931 | Danton | Robespierre |
| 1931 | The Theft of the Mona Lisa | Unbekannter |
| 1931 | Yorck | Karl August Fürst von Hardenberg |
| 1931 | Luise, Queen of Prussia | König Friedrich Wilhelm III |
| 1930 | Hokuspokus | Staatsanwalt Dr.Wilke |
| 1930 | Never Trust a Woman | Jean |
| 1930 | Fire in the Opera House | Otto van Lingen |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Das Jahrhundert des Theaters | Self (archive footage) |
| 1963 | Zur Person | Self |