Gustaf Gründgens

Biography

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

M

Zur Person

Das Jahrhundert des Theaters

Hitler's Hollywood

Liebelei

Der Tunnel

Le Tunnel

Love in Stunt Flying

All Movies (31)

• Hitler's Hollywood2017 · as Various Roles (archive footage)
• A Physical History of 'M'2015 · as Schränker (archive footage)
• Faust1960 · as Mephisto
• A Glass of Water1960 · as Sir Henry St. John
• Friedemann Bach1941 · as Wilhelm Friedemann Bach
• Uncle Krüger1941 · as Joseph Chamberlain
• Tanz auf dem Vulkan1938 · as Jean-Gaspard Debureau
• Love in Stunt Flying1937 · as Jack Warren
• A Woman of No Importance1936 · as Lord George Illingworth
• Pygmalion1935 · as Professor Higgins
• Joan of Arc1935 · as König Karl VII. von Frankreich
• Hundert Tage1935 · as Fouché
• Inheritance in Pretoria1934 · as Eugen Schliebach
• So Ended a Great Love1934 · as Count Metternich
• Black Fighter Johanna1934 · as Dr. Frost, politischer Agent
• Le Tunnel1933 · as Woolf
• Der Tunnel1933 · as Mr. Woolf
• Die schönen Tage von Aranjuez1933 · as Alexander
• Liebelei1933 · as Baron v. Eggersdorff
• Love Story1933 · as Baron von Eggersdorf
• Teilnehmer antwortet nicht1932 · as Fahrlehrer
• The Countess of Monte Cristo1932 · as Der 'Baron' Hochstapler
• Yorck1931 · as Karl August Fürst von Hardenberg
• Luise, Queen of Prussia1931 · as König Friedrich Wilhelm III
• The Theft of the Mona Lisa1931 · as Unbekannter
• M1931 · as Schränker
• Danton1931 · as Robespierre
• Fire in the Opera House1930 · as Otto van Lingen
• Va Banque1930 · as John James Brown, Privatdetektiv
• Hokuspokus1930 · as Staatsanwalt Dr.Wilke
• Never Trust a Woman1930 · as Jean

All TV Shows (2)

• Das Jahrhundert des Theaters2002 · as Self (archive footage)
• Zur Person1963 · as Self