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
Cast Credits
Hitler's Hollywood
Character: Various Roles (archive footage)
MOVIE • 2017
A Physical History of 'M'
Character: Schränker (archive footage)
MOVIE • 2015
Das Jahrhundert des Theaters
Character: Self (archive footage)
TV • 2002
Zur Person
Character: Self
TV • 1963
Faust
Character: Mephisto
MOVIE • 1960
A Glass of Water
Character: Sir Henry St. John
MOVIE • 1960
Friedemann Bach
Character: Wilhelm Friedemann Bach
MOVIE • 1941
Uncle Krüger
Character: Joseph Chamberlain
MOVIE • 1941
Tanz auf dem Vulkan
Character: Jean-Gaspard Debureau
MOVIE • 1938
Love in Stunt Flying
Character: Jack Warren
MOVIE • 1937
Eine Frau ohne Bedeutung
Character: Lord George Illingworth
MOVIE • 1936
Pygmalion
Character: Professor Higgins
MOVIE • 1935
Joan of Arc
Character: König Karl VII. von Frankreich
MOVIE • 1935
Hundert Tage
Character: Fouché
MOVIE • 1935
Inheritance in Pretoria
Character: Eugen Schliebach
MOVIE • 1934
So Ended a Great Love
Character: Count Metternich
MOVIE • 1934
Black Fighter Johanna
Character: Dr. Frost, politischer Agent
MOVIE • 1934
Le Tunnel
Character: Woolf
MOVIE • 1933
Der Tunnel
Character: Mr. Woolf
MOVIE • 1933
Die schönen Tage von Aranjuez
Character: Alexander
MOVIE • 1933
Crew
Crew Credits
Don Gil von den grünen Hosen
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1964
Faust
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1960
Friedemann Bach
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1941
Two Worlds
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1940
Der Schritt vom Wege
Role: Executive Producer
MOVIE • 1939
Der Schritt vom Wege
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1939
Love in Stunt Flying
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1937
Die Finanzen des Großherzogs
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1934
Die Finanzen des Großherzogs
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 1934
Eine Stadt steht kopf
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1933