Gustaf Gründgens
Born: 1899-12-22
• Düsseldorf, Germany
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
Hitler's Hollywood
A Physical History of 'M'
Faust
A Glass of Water
Friedemann Bach
Uncle Krüger
Tanz auf dem Vulkan
Love in Stunt Flying
Eine Frau ohne Bedeutung
Pygmalion
Joan of Arc
Hundert Tage
Inheritance in Pretoria
So Ended a Great Love
Black Fighter Johanna
Le Tunnel
Der Tunnel
Die schönen Tage von Aranjuez
Liebelei
Love Story
Teilnehmer antwortet nicht
The Countess of Monte Cristo
Yorck
Luise, Queen of Prussia
The Theft of the Mona Lisa
M
Danton
Fire in the Opera House
Hokuspokus
Never Trust a Woman