Gustaf Gründgens
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1899-12-22
Day of Death
1963-10-07 (63 years old)
Place of Birth
Düsseldorf, Germany
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.
Acting
(2017)
Hitler's Hollywood
as Various Roles (archive footage)
(2015)
A Physical History of 'M'
as Schränker (archive footage)
(1960)
Faust
as Mephisto
(1960)
A Glass of Water
as Sir Henry St. John
(1941)
Uncle Krüger
as Joseph Chamberlain
(1941)
Friedemann Bach
as Wilhelm Friedemann Bach
(1938)
Tanz auf dem Vulkan
as Jean-Gaspard Debureau
(1937)
Love in Stunt Flying
as Jack Warren
(1936)
Eine Frau ohne Bedeutung
as Lord George Illingworth
(1935)
Pygmalion
as Professor Higgins
(1935)
Joan of Arc
as König Karl VII. von Frankreich
(1935)
Hundert Tage
as Fouché
(1934)
So Ended a Great Love
as Count Metternich
(1934)
Inheritance in Pretoria
as Eugen Schliebach
(1934)
Black Fighter Johanna
as Dr. Frost, politischer Agent
(1933)
Liebelei
as Baron v. Eggersdorff
(1933)
Der Tunnel
as Mr. Woolf
(1933)
Le Tunnel
as Woolf
(1933)
Die schönen Tage von Aranjuez
as Alexander
(1933)
Love Story
as Baron von Eggersdorf
(1932)
The Countess of Monte Cristo
as Der 'Baron' Hochstapler
(1932)
Teilnehmer antwortet nicht
as Fahrlehrer
(1931)
M
as Schränker
(1931)
Yorck
as Karl August Fürst von Hardenberg
(1931)
Danton
as Robespierre
(1931)
The Theft of the Mona Lisa
as Unbekannter
(1931)
Luise, Queen of Prussia
as König Friedrich Wilhelm III
(1930)
Fire in the Opera House
as Otto van Lingen
(1930)
Hokuspokus
as Staatsanwalt Dr.Wilke
(1930)
Never Trust a Woman
as Jean
Crew
(1964)
Don Gil von den grünen Hosen
Director
(1960)
Faust
Director
(1941)
Friedemann Bach
Director
(1940)
Two Worlds
Director
(1939)
Der Schritt vom Wege
Executive Producer, Director
(1937)
Love in Stunt Flying
Director
(1934)
Die Finanzen des Großherzogs
Director, Writer
(1933)
Eine Stadt steht kopf
Director