Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1899-12-22
Day of Death
1963-10-07
Place of Birth
Düsseldorf, Germany
Gustaf Gründgens
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 (31)
Hitler's Hollywood
2017
A Physical History of 'M'
2015
Faust
1960
A Glass of Water
1960
Friedemann Bach
1941
Uncle Krüger
1941
Tanz auf dem Vulkan
1938
Love in Stunt Flying
1937
A Woman of No Importance
1936
Pygmalion
1935
Joan of Arc
1935
Hundert Tage
1935
Inheritance in Pretoria
1934
So Ended a Great Love
1934
