Gustaf Gründgens

Gustaf Gründgens

Acting
December 22, 1899October 7, 1963 (age 63)
Düsseldorf, Germany

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

(30 total)
M

M

19318.1

as Schränker

Liebelei

Liebelei

19336.9

as Baron v. Eggersdorff

Hitler's Hollywood

Hitler's Hollywood

20176.4

as Various Roles (archive footage)

Faust

Faust

19607.3

as Mephisto

Uncle Krüger

Uncle Krüger

19417.5

as Joseph Chamberlain

Der Tunnel

Der Tunnel

19336.0

as Mr. Woolf

Tanz auf dem Vulkan

Tanz auf dem Vulkan

19386.0

as Jean-Gaspard Debureau

Danton

Danton

19315.6

as Robespierre

A Glass of Water

A Glass of Water

19606.4

as Sir Henry St. John

Love Story

Love Story

19333.8

as Baron von Eggersdorf

The Countess of Monte Cristo

The Countess of Monte Cristo

19325.0

as Der 'Baron' Hochstapler

Joan of Arc

Joan of Arc

19355.0

as König Karl VII. von Frankreich

Black Fighter Johanna

Black Fighter Johanna

19345.0

as Dr. Frost, politischer Agent

Friedemann Bach

Friedemann Bach

19415.5

as Wilhelm Friedemann Bach

Pygmalion

Pygmalion

19356.0

as Professor Higgins

Eine Frau ohne Bedeutung

Eine Frau ohne Bedeutung

19366.0

as Lord George Illingworth

TV Shows

(2 total)
Das Jahrhundert des Theaters

Das Jahrhundert des Theaters

2002

as Self (archive footage)