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.
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.
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Filmography (Movies)
Hitler's Hollywood
Character:Various Roles (archive footage)
Release Date:23/02/2017
A Physical History of 'M'
Character:Schränker (archive footage)
Release Date:14/04/2015
Faust
Character:Mephisto
Release Date:30/09/1960
A Glass of Water
Character:Sir Henry St. John
Release Date:05/07/1960
Friedemann Bach
Character:Wilhelm Friedemann Bach
Release Date:25/06/1941
Uncle Krüger
Character:Joseph Chamberlain
Release Date:02/01/1941
Tanz auf dem Vulkan
Character:Jean-Gaspard Debureau
Release Date:30/11/1938
Love in Stunt Flying
Character:Jack Warren
Release Date:09/08/1937
Eine Frau ohne Bedeutung
Character:Lord George Illingworth
Release Date:26/10/1936
Pygmalion
Character:Professor Higgins
Release Date:01/09/1935
Joan of Arc
Character:König Karl VII. von Frankreich
Release Date:26/04/1935
Hundert Tage
Character:Fouché
Release Date:22/03/1935
Inheritance in Pretoria
Character:Eugen Schliebach
Release Date:18/10/1934
So Ended a Great Love
Character:Count Metternich
Release Date:17/10/1934
Black Fighter Johanna
Character:Dr. Frost, politischer Agent
Release Date:05/09/1934
Le Tunnel
Character:Woolf
Release Date:15/12/1933
Der Tunnel
Character:Mr. Woolf
Release Date:26/10/1933
Die schönen Tage von Aranjuez
Character:Alexander
Release Date:21/09/1933
Liebelei
Character:Baron v. Eggersdorff
Release Date:10/03/1933
Love Story
Character:Baron von Eggersdorf
Release Date:10/03/1933
Teilnehmer antwortet nicht
Character:Fahrlehrer
Release Date:18/08/1932
The Countess of Monte Cristo
Character:Der 'Baron' Hochstapler
Release Date:21/04/1932
Yorck
Character:Karl August Fürst von Hardenberg
Release Date:23/12/1931
Luise, Queen of Prussia
Character:König Friedrich Wilhelm III
Release Date:04/12/1931
The Theft of the Mona Lisa
Character:Unbekannter
Release Date:24/08/1931
M
Character:Schränker
Release Date:11/05/1931
Danton
Character:Robespierre
Release Date:21/01/1931
Fire in the Opera House
Character:Otto van Lingen
Release Date:13/10/1930
Hokuspokus
Character:Staatsanwalt Dr.Wilke
Release Date:10/07/1930
Never Trust a Woman
Character:Jean
Release Date:03/02/1930
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