
Gustaf Gründgens
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.
30Credits0 TV · 30 films
1930–2017Years activefirst to latest
10.0 Highest ratedYorck
7.4 Average ratingacross 30 titles
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Top movies 30best Gustaf Gründgens movies
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YorckKarl August Fürst von Hardenberg · 1931 - 2
Inheritance in PretoriaEugen Schliebach · 1934 - 3Don Gil von den grünen HosenDirector · 1964
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The Town Stands on Its HeadDirector · 1933 - 5
HokuspokusStaatsanwalt Dr.Wilke · 1930 - 6
Never Trust a WomanJean · 1930 - 7
Hundert TageFouché · 1935 - 8
MSchränker · 1931 - 9
Luise, Queen of PrussiaKönig Friedrich Wilhelm III · 1931 - 10
Fire in the Opera HouseOtto van Lingen · 1930 - 11
Uncle KrügerJoseph Chamberlain · 1941 - 12
FaustMephisto · 1960 - 13
Friedemann BachWilhelm Friedemann Bach · 1941 - 14
A Woman of No ImportanceLord George Illingworth · 1936 - 15
Die schönen Tage von AranjuezAlexander · 1933 - 16
Va BanqueJohn James Brown, Privatdetektiv · 1930 - 17
LiebeleiBaron v. Eggersdorff · 1933 - 18
PygmalionProfessor Higgins · 1935 - 19
The Grand Duke's FinancesDirector · Writer · 1934 - 20
Tanz auf dem VulkanJean-Gaspard Debureau · 1938 - 21
A Glass of WaterSir Henry St. John · 1960 - 22
So Ended a Great LoveCount Metternich · 1934 - 23
Hitler's HollywoodVarious Roles (archive footage) · 2017 - 24
The Countess of Monte CristoDer 'Baron' Hochstapler · 1932 - 25
Le TunnelWoolf · 1933 - 26
The Theft of the Mona LisaUnbekannter · 1931 - 27
Joan of ArcKönig Karl VII. von Frankreich · 1935 - 28
Der TunnelMr. Woolf · 1933 - 29
Two WorldsDirector · 1940 - 30
DantonRobespierre · 1931