Gustaf Gründgens

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Gustaf Gründgens

Acting December 22, 1899

Düsseldorf, Germany

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 artis…

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M

M

8.1 1931 Movie
Zur Person

Zur Person

1963 TV Show
Liebelei

Liebelei

6.9 1933 Movie
Hitler's Hollywood

Hitler's Hollywood

6.5 2017 Movie
Faust

Faust

7.4 1960 Movie
Two Worlds

Two Worlds

6.0 1940 Movie
Das Jahrhundert des Theaters

Das Jahrhundert des Theaters

9.0 2002 TV Show
Der Schritt vom Wege

Der Schritt vom Wege

4.9 1939 Movie
Uncle Krüger

Uncle Krüger

7.4 1941 Movie
Der Tunnel

Der Tunnel

6.1 1933 Movie
Joan of Arc

Joan of Arc

6.2 1935 Movie
Tanz auf dem Vulkan

Tanz auf dem Vulkan

6.3 1938 Movie

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2017
    Hitler's Hollywood

    Movie Various Roles (archive footage)

  2. 2015
    A Physical History of 'M'

    Movie Schränker (archive footage)

  3. 2002
    Das Jahrhundert des Theaters

    TV show Self (archive footage)

  4. 1964
    Don Gil von den grünen Hosen

    Movie Director

  5. 1963
    Zur Person

    TV show Self

  6. 1960
    Faust

    Movie Mephisto

  7. 1960
    A Glass of Water

    Movie Sir Henry St. John

  8. 1941
    Friedemann Bach

    Movie Wilhelm Friedemann Bach

  9. 1941
    Uncle Krüger

    Movie Joseph Chamberlain

  10. 1940
    Two Worlds

    Movie Director

  11. 1939
    Der Schritt vom Wege

    Movie Executive Producer

  12. 1938
    Tanz auf dem Vulkan

    Movie Jean-Gaspard Debureau

  13. 1937
    Love in Stunt Flying

    Movie Jack Warren

  14. 1936
    A Woman of No Importance

    Movie Lord George Illingworth

  15. 1935
    Pygmalion

    Movie Professor Higgins

  16. 1935
    Joan of Arc

    Movie König Karl VII. von Frankreich

More credits
  1. 1935
    Hundert Tage

    Movie Fouché

  2. 1934
    Inheritance in Pretoria

    Movie Eugen Schliebach

  3. 1934
    So Ended a Great Love

    Movie Count Metternich

  4. 1934
    Black Fighter Johanna

    Movie Dr. Frost, politischer Agent

  5. 1934
    The Grand Duke's Finances

    Movie Director

  6. 1933
    Le Tunnel

    Movie Woolf

  7. 1933
    Der Tunnel

    Movie Mr. Woolf

  8. 1933
    Die schönen Tage von Aranjuez

    Movie Alexander

  9. 1933
    Liebelei

    Movie Baron v. Eggersdorff

  10. 1933
    Love Story

    Movie Baron von Eggersdorf

  11. 1933
    The Town Stands on Its Head

    Movie Director

  12. 1932
    Teilnehmer antwortet nicht

    Movie Fahrlehrer

  13. 1932
    The Countess of Monte Cristo

    Movie Der 'Baron' Hochstapler

  14. 1931
    Yorck

    Movie Karl August Fürst von Hardenberg

  15. 1931
    Luise, Queen of Prussia

    Movie König Friedrich Wilhelm III

  16. 1931
    The Theft of the Mona Lisa

    Movie Unbekannter

  17. 1931
    M

    Movie Schränker

  18. 1931
    Danton

    Movie Robespierre

  19. 1930
    Fire in the Opera House

    Movie Otto van Lingen

  20. 1930
    Va Banque

    Movie John James Brown, Privatdetektiv

  21. 1930
    Hokuspokus

    Movie Staatsanwalt Dr.Wilke

  22. 1930
    Never Trust a Woman

    Movie Jean