Gustaf Gründgens
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- December 22, 1899
- Died
- October 7, 1963
- Birthplace
- Düsseldorf, Germany
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.
Filmography
Hitler's Hollywood 2017
as Various Roles (archive footage)
A Physical History of 'M' 2015
as Schränker (archive footage)
- Don Gil von den grünen Hosen
Don Gil von den grünen Hosen 1964
Director
Faust 1960
as Mephisto, Director
A Glass of Water 1960
as Sir Henry St. John
Friedemann Bach 1941
as Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, Director
Uncle Krüger 1941
as Joseph Chamberlain
Two Worlds 1940
Director
Der Schritt vom Wege 1939
Executive Producer, Director
Tanz auf dem Vulkan 1938
as Jean-Gaspard Debureau
Love in Stunt Flying 1937
as Jack Warren, Director
A Woman of No Importance 1936
as Lord George Illingworth
Pygmalion 1935
as Professor Higgins
Joan of Arc 1935
as König Karl VII. von Frankreich
Hundert Tage 1935
as Fouché
Inheritance in Pretoria 1934
as Eugen Schliebach
So Ended a Great Love 1934
as Count Metternich
Black Fighter Johanna 1934
as Dr. Frost, politischer Agent
The Grand Duke's Finances 1934
Director, Writer
Le Tunnel 1933
as Woolf
Der Tunnel 1933
as Mr. Woolf
Die schönen Tage von Aranjuez 1933
as Alexander
Love Story 1933
as Baron von Eggersdorf
Liebelei 1933
as Baron v. Eggersdorff
The Town Stands on Its Head 1933
Director
Teilnehmer antwortet nicht 1932
as Fahrlehrer
The Countess of Monte Cristo 1932
as Der 'Baron' Hochstapler
Yorck 1931
as Karl August Fürst von Hardenberg
Luise, Queen of Prussia 1931
as König Friedrich Wilhelm III
The Theft of the Mona Lisa 1931
as Unbekannter
M 1931
as Schränker
Danton 1931
as Robespierre
Fire in the Opera House 1930
as Otto van Lingen
Va Banque 1930
as John James Brown, Privatdetektiv
Hokuspokus 1930
as Staatsanwalt Dr.Wilke
Never Trust a Woman 1930
as Jean
Credits from TMDB.