Acting
Gustaf Gründgens
DE, EN, FR cinema · 36 credits
Born
22 December 1899
Died
7 October 1963 (aged 63)
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.
Known for
Filmography
Hitler's Hollywood
as Various Roles (archive footage)
A Physical History of 'M'
as Schränker (archive footage)
Faust
as Mephisto, Director
A Glass of Water
as Sir Henry St. John
Friedemann Bach
as Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, Director
Uncle Krüger
as Joseph Chamberlain
Two Worlds
Director
Der Schritt vom Wege
Executive Producer, Director
Tanz auf dem Vulkan
as Jean-Gaspard Debureau
Love in Stunt Flying
as Jack Warren, Director
A Woman of No Importance
as Lord George Illingworth
Joan of Arc
as König Karl VII. von Frankreich
Pygmalion
as Professor Higgins
Hundert Tage
as Fouché
Black Fighter Johanna
as Dr. Frost, politischer Agent
So Ended a Great Love
as Count Metternich
Inheritance in Pretoria
as Eugen Schliebach
The Grand Duke's Finances
Director, Writer
Der Tunnel
as Mr. Woolf
Liebelei
as Baron v. Eggersdorff
Die schönen Tage von Aranjuez
as Alexander
Le Tunnel
as Woolf
Love Story
as Baron von Eggersdorf
The Countess of Monte Cristo
as Der 'Baron' Hochstapler
Teilnehmer antwortet nicht
as Fahrlehrer
M
as Schränker
Danton
as Robespierre
The Theft of the Mona Lisa
as Unbekannter
Yorck
as Karl August Fürst von Hardenberg
Luise, Queen of Prussia
as König Friedrich Wilhelm III
Hokuspokus
as Staatsanwalt Dr.Wilke
Fire in the Opera House
as Otto van Lingen
Va Banque
as John James Brown, Privatdetektiv