Gustaf Gründgens
Age: N/A | From: Düsseldorf, Germany
Person Details
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Aliases: No known aliases
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Düsseldorf, Germany
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Movie Involvements: 32
TV Involvements: 1
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
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(1931) Schränker
Liebelei
(1933) Baron v. Eggersdorff
Faust
(1960) Mephisto
Der Tunnel
(1933) Mr. Woolf
Das Jahrhundert des Theaters
(2002) Self (archive footage)
Le Tunnel
(1933) Woolf
Uncle Kruger
(1941) Joseph Chamberlain
Hitler's Hollywood
(2017) Various Roles (archive footage)Acting
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Various Roles (archive footage) | |
| 2015 | Schränker (archive) | |
| 2002 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 1963 | Self | |
| 1960 | Mephisto | |
| Sir Henry St. John | ||
| 1941 | Wilhelm Friedemann Bach | |
| Joseph Chamberlain | ||
| 1938 | Jean-Gaspard Debureau | |
| 1937 | Jack Warren | |
| 1936 | Lord George Illingworth | |
| 1935 | Professor Higgins | |
| König Karl VII. von Frankreich | ||
| Fouché | ||
| 1934 | Eugen Schliebach | |
| Count Metternich | ||
| Dr. Frost, politischer Agent | ||
| 1933 | Woolf | |
| Mr. Woolf | ||
| Alexander | ||
| Baron von Eggersdorf | ||
| Baron v. Eggersdorff | ||
| 1932 | Fahrlehrer | |
| Der 'Baron' Hochstapler | ||
| 1931 | Karl August Fürst von Hardenberg | |
| König Friedrich Wilhelm III | ||
| Unbekannter | ||
| Schränker | ||
| Robespierre | ||
| 1930 | Otto van Lingen | |
| Staatsanwalt Dr.Wilke | ||
| Jean | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Directing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1964 | Director | |
| 1960 | Director | |
| 1941 | Director | |
| 1940 | Director | |
| 1939 | Director | |
| 1937 | Director | |
| 1934 | Director | |
| 1933 | Director | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Production
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1939 | Executive Producer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1934 | Writer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |