Gustaf Gründgens
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- December 22, 1899, Düsseldorf, Germany
- Died
- October 7, 1963
- Movies
- 39
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.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2017 | Hitler's Hollywood | Various Roles (archive footage) |
| 2015 | A Physical History of 'M' | Schränker (archive footage) |
| 1960 | Faust | Mephisto |
| 1960 | A Glass of Water | Sir Henry St. John |
| 1941 | Friedemann Bach | Wilhelm Friedemann Bach |
| 1941 | Uncle Krüger | Joseph Chamberlain |
| 1938 | Tanz auf dem Vulkan | Jean-Gaspard Debureau |
| 1937 | Love in Stunt Flying | Jack Warren |
| 1936 | A Woman of No Importance | Lord George Illingworth |
| 1935 | Pygmalion | Professor Higgins |
| 1935 | Joan of Arc | König Karl VII. von Frankreich |
| 1935 | Hundert Tage | Fouché |
| 1934 | Inheritance in Pretoria | Eugen Schliebach |
| 1934 | So Ended a Great Love | Count Metternich |
| 1934 | Black Fighter Johanna | Dr. Frost, politischer Agent |
| 1933 | Le Tunnel | Woolf |
| 1933 | Der Tunnel | Mr. Woolf |
| 1933 | Die schönen Tage von Aranjuez | Alexander |
| 1933 | Liebelei | Baron v. Eggersdorff |
| 1933 | Love Story | Baron von Eggersdorf |
| 1932 | Teilnehmer antwortet nicht | Fahrlehrer |
| 1932 | The Countess of Monte Cristo | Der 'Baron' Hochstapler |
| 1931 | Yorck | Karl August Fürst von Hardenberg |
| 1931 | Luise, Queen of Prussia | König Friedrich Wilhelm III |
| 1931 | The Theft of the Mona Lisa | Unbekannter |
| 1931 | M | Schränker |
| 1931 | Danton | Robespierre |
| 1930 | Fire in the Opera House | Otto van Lingen |
| 1930 | Va Banque | John James Brown, Privatdetektiv |
| 1930 | Hokuspokus | Staatsanwalt Dr.Wilke |
| 1930 | Never Trust a Woman | Jean |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 1964 | Don Gil von den grünen Hosen | Director |
| 1960 | Faust | Director |
| 1941 | Friedemann Bach | Director |
| 1940 | Two Worlds | Director |
| 1939 | Der Schritt vom Wege | Director |
| 1937 | Love in Stunt Flying | Director |
| 1934 | The Grand Duke's Finances | Director, Writer |
| 1933 | The Town Stands on Its Head | Director |
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