Gustaf Gründgens
Actor, Director, Producer
December 22, 1899 — October 7, 1963 (63 years)
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.
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
| 2017 | Hitler's Hollywood · as Various Roles (archive Footage) |
| 2001 | Fritz Lang: Circle of Destiny · as Schränker (in "m") |
| 1960 | Faust · as Mephisto |
| 1960 | A Glass of Water · as Sir Henry St. John |
| 1941 | Friedemann Bach · as Wilhelm Friedemann Bach |
| 1941 | Uncle Kruger · as Joseph Chamberlain |
| 1938 | Tanz auf dem Vulkan · as Jean-Gaspard Debureau |
| 1937 | Love in Stunt Flying · as Jack Warren |
| 1936 | A Woman of No Importance · as Lord George Illingworth |
| 1935 | Pygmalion · as Professor Higgins |
| 1935 | Das Mädchen Johanna · as König Karl Vii. Von Frankreich |
| 1935 | Hundred Days · as Fouché |
| 1934 | End of an Affair · as Count Metternich |
| 1933 | The Tunnel · as Woolf |
| 1933 | The Tunnel · as Mr. Woolf |
| 1933 | A Love Story · as Baron Von Eggersdorf |
| 1933 | Playing at Love · as Baron V. Eggersdorff |
| 1932 | The Countess of Monte-Christo · as Der 'baron' Hochstapler |
| 1931 | M · as SchränkerOn Plex |
| 1931 | The Theft of the Mona Lisa · as Unbekannter |
| 1931 | Danton · as Robespierre |
| 1930 | Hocuspocus · as Staatsanwalt Dr.wilke |
| 2014 | |
| 1999 | Television Under the Swastika · as Self - At Karinhall With Hans FrankOn Plex |
| 1963 | Zur Person · as Self |
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| 1937 |
| 1941 | Friedemann Bach · as Executive Producer |
| 1940 | Zwei Welten · as Executive Producer |
| 1939 | The False Step · as Executive Producer |