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.
Filmography (33 titles)
6.5MovieHitler's Hollywood
Various Roles (archive footage) · 2017
MovieA Physical History of 'M'
Schränker (archive footage) · 2015
9.0ShowDas Jahrhundert des Theaters
Self (archive footage) · 2002
ShowZur Person
Self · 1963
7.3MovieFaust
Mephisto · 1960
6.5MovieA Glass of Water
Sir Henry St. John · 1960
7.0MovieFriedemann Bach
Wilhelm Friedemann Bach · 1941
7.4MovieUncle Krüger
Joseph Chamberlain · 1941
6.5MovieTanz auf dem Vulkan
Jean-Gaspard Debureau · 1938
5.5MovieLove in Stunt Flying
Jack Warren · 1937
7.0MovieA Woman of No Importance
Lord George Illingworth · 1936
6.7MoviePygmalion
Professor Higgins · 1935
6.2MovieJoan of Arc
König Karl VII. von Frankreich · 1935
9.0MovieHundert Tage
Fouché · 1935
10.0MovieInheritance in Pretoria
Eugen Schliebach · 1934
6.5MovieSo Ended a Great Love
Count Metternich · 1934
5.8MovieBlack Fighter Johanna
Dr. Frost, politischer Agent · 1934
6.3MovieLe Tunnel
Woolf · 1933
6.1MovieDer Tunnel
Mr. Woolf · 1933
7.0MovieDie schönen Tage von Aranjuez
Alexander · 1933
6.9MovieLiebelei
Baron v. Eggersdorff · 1933
4.8MovieLove Story
Baron von Eggersdorf · 1933
5.8MovieTeilnehmer antwortet nicht
Fahrlehrer · 1932
6.4MovieThe Countess of Monte Cristo
Der 'Baron' Hochstapler · 1932
10.0MovieYorck
Karl August Fürst von Hardenberg · 1931
8.0MovieLuise, Queen of Prussia
König Friedrich Wilhelm III · 1931
6.3MovieThe Theft of the Mona Lisa
Unbekannter · 1931
8.1MovieM
Schränker · 1931
5.8MovieDanton
Robespierre · 1931
7.5MovieFire in the Opera House
Otto van Lingen · 1930