
Gustaf Gründgens
Acting
Born 1899-12-22 · Düsseldorf, Germany · Died 1963-10-07
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.
Acting

Hitler's Hollywood
Various Roles (archive footage)

A Physical History of 'M'
Schränker (archive footage)

Das Jahrhundert des Theaters
Self (archive footage)

Zur Person
Self

Faust
Mephisto

A Glass of Water
Sir Henry St. John

Friedemann Bach
Wilhelm Friedemann Bach

Uncle Krüger
Joseph Chamberlain

Tanz auf dem Vulkan
Jean-Gaspard Debureau

Love in Stunt Flying
Jack Warren

A Woman of No Importance
Lord George Illingworth

Pygmalion
Professor Higgins

Joan of Arc
König Karl VII. von Frankreich

Hundert Tage
Fouché

Inheritance in Pretoria
Eugen Schliebach

So Ended a Great Love
Count Metternich

Black Fighter Johanna
Dr. Frost, politischer Agent

Le Tunnel
Woolf

Der Tunnel
Mr. Woolf

Die schönen Tage von Aranjuez
Alexander

Liebelei
Baron v. Eggersdorff

Love Story
Baron von Eggersdorf

Teilnehmer antwortet nicht
Fahrlehrer

The Countess of Monte Cristo
Der 'Baron' Hochstapler

Yorck
Karl August Fürst von Hardenberg

Luise, Queen of Prussia
König Friedrich Wilhelm III

The Theft of the Mona Lisa
Unbekannter

M
Schränker

Danton
Robespierre

Fire in the Opera House
Otto van Lingen
Crew
Don Gil von den grünen Hosen
Director

Faust
Director

Friedemann Bach
Director

Two Worlds
Director

Der Schritt vom Wege
Executive Producer

Der Schritt vom Wege
Director

Love in Stunt Flying
Director

The Grand Duke's Finances
Director

The Grand Duke's Finances
Writer

The Town Stands on Its Head
Director