Gustaf Gründgens
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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Movies (36)
Hitler's Hollywood
2017 · Various Roles (archive footage)
A Physical History of 'M'
2015 · Schränker (archive footage)
Don Gil von den grünen Hosen
1964 · Director
Faust
1960 · Mephisto, Director
A Glass of Water
1960 · Sir Henry St. John
Friedemann Bach
1941 · Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, Director
Uncle Krüger
1941 · Joseph Chamberlain
Two Worlds
1940 · Director
Der Schritt vom Wege
1939 · Executive Producer, Director
Tanz auf dem Vulkan
1938 · Jean-Gaspard Debureau
Love in Stunt Flying
1937 · Jack Warren, Director
A Woman of No Importance
1936 · Lord George Illingworth
Pygmalion
1935 · Professor Higgins
Joan of Arc
1935 · König Karl VII. von Frankreich
Hundert Tage
1935 · Fouché
Inheritance in Pretoria
1934 · Eugen Schliebach
So Ended a Great Love
1934 · Count Metternich
Black Fighter Johanna
1934 · Dr. Frost, politischer Agent
The Grand Duke's Finances
1934 · Director, Writer
Le Tunnel
1933 · Woolf
Der Tunnel
1933 · Mr. Woolf
Die schönen Tage von Aranjuez
1933 · Alexander
Liebelei
1933 · Baron v. Eggersdorff
Love Story
1933 · Baron von Eggersdorf
The Town Stands on Its Head
1933 · Director
Teilnehmer antwortet nicht
1932 · Fahrlehrer
The Countess of Monte Cristo
1932 · Der 'Baron' Hochstapler
Yorck
1931 · Karl August Fürst von Hardenberg
Luise, Queen of Prussia
1931 · König Friedrich Wilhelm III
The Theft of the Mona Lisa
1931 · Unbekannter
M
1931 · Schränker
Danton
1931 · Robespierre
Fire in the Opera House
1930 · Otto van Lingen
Va Banque
1930 · John James Brown, Privatdetektiv
Hokuspokus
1930 · Staatsanwalt Dr.Wilke
Never Trust a Woman
1930 · Jean
