About

Known credits:
40
Birthday:
1899-12-22
Place of birth:
Düsseldorf, Germany
Website:
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Gustaf Gründgens

Overview

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

Acting
2017 Hitler's Hollywood Actor Various Roles (archive footage) 59
Average
2015 A Physical History of 'M' Actor Schränker (archive) N/A
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1960 Faust Actor Mephisto 59
Average
1960 A Glass of Water Actor Sir Henry St. John 59
Average
1941 Friedemann Bach Actor Wilhelm Friedemann Bach 59
Average
1941 Uncle Krüger Actor Joseph Chamberlain 59
Average
1938 Tanz auf dem Vulkan Actor Jean-Gaspard Debureau 59
Average
1937 Love in Stunt Flying Actor Jack Warren 58
Average
1936 Eine Frau ohne Bedeutung Actor Lord George Illingworth 59
Average
1935 Pygmalion Actor Professor Higgins 58
Average
1935 Joan of Arc Actor König Karl VII. von Frankreich 58
Average
1935 Hundert Tage Actor Fouché N/A
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1934 Inheritance in Pretoria Actor Eugen Schliebach N/A
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1934 So Ended a Great Love Actor Count Metternich 59
Average
1934 Black Fighter Johanna Actor Dr. Frost, politischer Agent 58
Average
1933 Le Tunnel Actor Woolf 59
Average
1933 Der Tunnel Actor Mr. Woolf 59
Average
1933 Die schönen Tage von Aranjuez Actor Alexander N/A
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1933 Love Story Actor Baron von Eggersdorf 59
Average
1933 Liebelei Actor Baron v. Eggersdorff 59
Average
1932 Teilnehmer antwortet nicht Actor Fahrlehrer 59
Average
1932 The Countess of Monte Cristo Actor Der 'Baron' Hochstapler 58
Average
1931 Yorck Actor Karl August Fürst von Hardenberg N/A
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1931 Luise, Queen of Prussia Actor König Friedrich Wilhelm III N/A
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1931 The Theft of the Mona Lisa Actor Unbekannter 59
Average
1931 M Actor Schränker 76
Good
1931 Danton Actor Robespierre 58
Average
1930 Fire in the Opera House Actor Otto van Lingen 58
Average
1930 Hokuspokus Actor Staatsanwalt Dr.Wilke N/A
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1930 Never Trust a Woman Actor Jean N/A
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Directing
1964 Don Gil von den grünen Hosen Directing Director N/A
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1960 Faust Directing Director 59
Average
1941 Friedemann Bach Directing Director 59
Average
1940 Two Worlds Directing Director 58
Average
1939 Der Schritt vom Wege Directing Director 58
Average
1937 Love in Stunt Flying Directing Director 58
Average
1934 Die Finanzen des Großherzogs Directing Director 59
Average
1933 Eine Stadt steht kopf Directing Director N/A
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Writing
1934 Die Finanzen des Großherzogs Writing Writer 59
Average

Production
1939 Der Schritt vom Wege Production Executive Producer 58
Average