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.
Filmography
all 39
Movies 37
Director 6
TV Shows 2
self 2
Writer 1
Various Roles (archive footage)
Hitler's Hollywood (2017)
Movie
Schränker (archive)
A Physical History of 'M' (2015)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
Das Jahrhundert des Theaters (2002)
TV
Writer
Die Banditen (1961)
Movie
Mephistopheles
Faust (1960)
Movie
Sir Henry St. John
A Glass of Water (1960)
Movie
Friedemann Bach
Friedemann Bach (1941)
Movie
Chamberlain
Uncle Krüger (1941)
Movie
Director
Two Worlds (1940)
Movie
Director
Der Schritt vom Wege (1939)
Movie
Komödiant Debureau
Tanz auf dem Vulkan (1938)
Movie
Jack Warren
Love in Stunt Flying (1937)
Movie
Lord George Illingworth
Eine Frau ohne Bedeutung (1936)
Movie
Professor Higgins
Pygmalion (1935)
Movie
King Charles VII
Joan of Arc (1935)
Movie
Fouché
Hundert Tage (1935)
Movie
Eugen Schliebach
Inheritance in Pretoria (1934)
Movie
Count Metternich
So Ended a Great Love (1934)
Movie
Dr. Frost
Black Fighter Johanna (1934)
Movie
Mr. Woolf - Tunnel Syndicate Director
Der Tunnel (1933)
Movie
Baron von Eggersdorf
Love Story (1933)
Movie
Baron von Aggersdorf
Liebelei (1933)
Movie
Fahrlehrer
Teilnehmer antwortet nicht (1932)
Movie
Der 'Baron' Hochstapler
The Countess of Monte Cristo (1932)
Movie
Karl August Fürst von Hardenberg
Yorck (1931)
Movie
König Friedrich Wilhelm III
Luise, Queen of Prussia (1931)
Movie
Der Unbekannte
The Theft of the Mona Lisa (1931)
Movie
Schränker
M (1931)
Movie
3.67
Robespierre
Danton (1931)
Movie
Otto van Lingen
Fire in the Opera House (1930)
Movie
Dr. Wilke
Hokuspokus (1930)
Movie
Information
Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1899-12-22
Deathday1963-08-07 (63 years old)
Birth NameGustav Heinrich Arnold Gründgens
Birth PlaceDüsseldorf, Germany
RelationshipsMarianne Hoppe (1936 - 1946), Erika Mann (1926 - 1929)
ChildrenPeter Gorski
SiblingsMarita Gründgens
CitizenshipsGerman Empire, Weimar Republic, Nazi Germany, Germany
AwardsMedaille für Kunst und Wissenschaft (Hamburg), Satyr buttons, Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, German Film Award, Staatsschauspieler
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