Gustaf Gründgens

Known for ActingBorn 1899-12-22Died 1963-10-07Düsseldorf, 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.Read more

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Don Gil von den grünen Hosen

Inheritance in Pretoria

The Town Stands on Its Head

Yorck

Das Jahrhundert des Theaters

Hundert Tage

Hokuspokus

Never Trust a Woman

M

Luise, Queen of Prussia

Faust

Uncle Krüger

Fire in the Opera House

Hitler's Hollywood

Friedemann Bach

A Woman of No Importance

Die schönen Tage von Aranjuez

Va Banque

Liebelei

A Glass of Water

Pygmalion

The Grand Duke's Finances

Tanz auf dem Vulkan

So Ended a Great Love

The Countess of Monte Cristo

Le Tunnel

The Theft of the Mona Lisa

Joan of Arc

Der Tunnel

Two Worlds

Danton

Black Fighter Johanna

Teilnehmer antwortet nicht

Love in Stunt Flying

Der Schritt vom Wege

Love Story

A Physical History of 'M'

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