- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- December 22, 1899
- Place of Birth
- Düsseldorf, Germany
- Died
- October 7, 1963
Gustaf Gründgens
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
movieHitler's Hollywood
2017 · Various Roles (archive footage)
movieA Physical History of 'M'
2015 · Schränker (archive footage)
tvDas Jahrhundert des Theaters
2002 · Self (archive footage)
Don Gil von den grünen Hosen
movieDon Gil von den grünen Hosen
1964 · Director
tvZur Person
1963 · Self
movieFaust
1960 · Mephisto, Director
movieA Glass of Water
1960 · Sir Henry St. John
movieFriedemann Bach
1941 · Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, Director
movieUncle Krüger
1941 · Joseph Chamberlain
movieTwo Worlds
1940 · Director
movieDer Schritt vom Wege
1939 · Executive Producer, Director
movieTanz auf dem Vulkan
1938 · Jean-Gaspard Debureau
movieLove in Stunt Flying
1937 · Jack Warren, Director
movieA Woman of No Importance
1936 · Lord George Illingworth
moviePygmalion
1935 · Professor Higgins
movieJoan of Arc
1935 · König Karl VII. von Frankreich
movieHundert Tage
1935 · Fouché
movieInheritance in Pretoria
1934 · Eugen Schliebach
movieSo Ended a Great Love
1934 · Count Metternich
movieBlack Fighter Johanna
1934 · Dr. Frost, politischer Agent
movieThe Grand Duke's Finances
1934 · Director, Writer
movieLe Tunnel
1933 · Woolf
movieDer Tunnel
1933 · Mr. Woolf
movieDie schönen Tage von Aranjuez
1933 · Alexander
movieLiebelei
1933 · Baron v. Eggersdorff
movieLove Story
1933 · Baron von Eggersdorf
movieThe Town Stands on Its Head
1933 · Director
movieTeilnehmer antwortet nicht
1932 · Fahrlehrer
movieThe Countess of Monte Cristo
1932 · Der 'Baron' Hochstapler
movieYorck
1931 · Karl August Fürst von Hardenberg
movieLuise, Queen of Prussia
1931 · König Friedrich Wilhelm III
movieThe Theft of the Mona Lisa
1931 · Unbekannter
movieM
1931 · Schränker
movieDanton
1931 · Robespierre
movieFire in the Opera House
1930 · Otto van Lingen
movieVa Banque
1930 · John James Brown, Privatdetektiv
movieHokuspokus
1930 · Staatsanwalt Dr.Wilke
movieNever Trust a Woman
1930 · Jean