Personal Info
Gustaf Gründgens
Acting
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…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Hitler's Hollywood
as Various Roles (archive footage)
A Physical History of 'M'
as Schränker (archive footage)
Faust
as Mephisto
A Glass of Water
as Sir Henry St. John
Uncle Krüger
as Joseph Chamberlain
Friedemann Bach
as Wilhelm Friedemann Bach
Tanz auf dem Vulkan
as Jean-Gaspard Debureau
Love in Stunt Flying
as Jack Warren
A Woman of No Importance
as Lord George Illingworth
Joan of Arc
as König Karl VII. von Frankreich
