Gustaf Gründgens
Known For
Acting
Born
1899-12-22 in Düsseldorf, Germany
Died
1963-10-07
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.
Most Known For
M
as Schränker
Faust
as Mephisto
Zur Person
as Self
Yorck
as Karl August Fürst von Hardenberg
Hokuspokus
as Staatsanwalt Dr.Wilke
Pygmalion
as Professor Higgins
Das Jahrhundert des Theaters
as Self (archive footage)
Liebelei
as Baron v. Eggersdorff
Uncle Krüger
as Joseph Chamberlain
Der Tunnel
as Mr. Woolf
Le Tunnel
as Woolf
Hitler's Hollywood
as Various Roles (archive footage)
Love Story
as Baron von Eggersdorf
Joan of Arc
as König Karl VII. von Frankreich
Never Trust a Woman
as Jean
The Countess of Monte Cristo
as Der 'Baron' Hochstapler
Love in Stunt Flying
as Jack Warren
Black Fighter Johanna
as Dr. Frost, politischer Agent
The Theft of the Mona Lisa
as Unbekannter
So Ended a Great Love
as Count Metternich