Gustaf Gründgens
b. 1899 — d. 1963 (aged 64)
Düsseldorf, Germany
Actor
Director
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.
Known For
Filmography
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Ich tret' aus meinem Traum heraus
2000 Self
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★ 9.6
Don Gil von den grünen Hosen
1964 Director
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Totentanz
1964 Director
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★ 7.7
Zur Person
1963 Self
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Die Banditen
1961 Writer
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★ 7.3
Faust
1960 Actor
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Mephistopheles
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★ 6.6
A Glass of Water
1960 Actor
Sir Henry St. John
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Aus der Proben-Arbeit für 'Kätchen von Heilbronn'
1953 Self
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★ 6.5
Uncle Kruger
1941 Actor
Chamberlain
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★ 6.4
Friedemann Bach
1941 Actor
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Friedemann Bach
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★ 2.4
Zwei Welten
1940 Director
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★ 6.9
The False Step
1939 Director
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★ 6.5
Tanz auf dem Vulkan
1938 Actor
Komödiant Debureau
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★ 6.7
Love in Stunt Flying
1937 Actor
Director
Jack Warren
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★ 4.4
A Woman of No Importance
1936 Actor
Lord George Illingworth
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★ 5.6
Das Mädchen Johanna
1935 Actor
King Charles VII
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★ 6.3
Pygmalion
1935 Actor
Professor Higgins
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★ 7.2
Hundred Days
1935 Actor
Fouché
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★ 6.9
End of an Affair
1934 Actor
Count Metternich
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★ 3.2
Black Fighter Johanna
1934 Actor
Dr. Frost
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★ 6.6
The Grand Duke's Finances
1934 Director
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★ 4.6
Inheritance in Pretoria
1934 Actor
Eugen Schliebach
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★ 7.5
Playing at Love
1933 Actor
Baron von Aggersdorf
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★ 5.6
The Tunnel
1933 Actor
Woolf
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★ 5.1
The Tunnel
1933 Actor
Mr. Woolf - Tunnel Syndicate Director
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★ 6.7
A Love Story
1933 Actor
Baron von Eggersdorf
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★ 7.1
Die schönen Tage von Aranjuez
1933 Actor
Alexander
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★ 5.5
The Town Stands on Its Head
1933 Director
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★ 6.8
The Countess of Monte-Christo
1932 Actor
Der 'Baron' Hochstapler
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★ 5.8
Teilnehmer antwortet nicht
1932 Actor
Fahrlehrer
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★ 8.3
M
1931 Actor
Schränker
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★ 6.5
The Theft of the Mona Lisa
1931 Actor
Der Unbekannte
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★ 7.2
Danton
1931 Actor
Robespierre
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★ 6.4
Luise, Königin von Preußen
1931 Actor
König Friedrich Wilhelm III
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★ 6.8
Yorck
1931 Actor
Karl August Fürst von Hardenberg
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★ 7.6
Hocuspocus
1930 Actor
Dr. Wilke
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★ 6.7
Fire in the Opera House
1930 Actor
Otto van Lingen
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★ 5.8
Never Trust a Woman
1930 Actor
Jean
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Va Banque
1930 Actor
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