Gustaf Gründgens
Acting
33
Acting Credits
8
Directed
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...
Known For
Filmography
Hitler's Hollywood
2017
as Various Roles (archive footage)
A Physical History of 'M'
2015
as Schränker (archive footage)
Das Jahrhundert des Theaters
2002
as Self (archive footage)
Zur Person
1963
as Self
Faust
1960
as Mephisto
A Glass of Water
1960
as Sir Henry St. John
Friedemann Bach
1941
as Wilhelm Friedemann Bach
Uncle Krüger
1941
as Joseph Chamberlain
Tanz auf dem Vulkan
1938
as Jean-Gaspard Debureau
Love in Stunt Flying
1937
as Jack Warren
A Woman of No Importance
1936
as Lord George Illingworth
Joan of Arc
1935
as König Karl VII. von Frankreich
Pygmalion
1935
as Professor Higgins
Hundert Tage
1935
as Fouché
Black Fighter Johanna
1934
as Dr. Frost, politischer Agent
So Ended a Great Love
1934
as Count Metternich
Inheritance in Pretoria
1934
as Eugen Schliebach
Der Tunnel
1933
as Mr. Woolf
Liebelei
1933
as Baron v. Eggersdorff
Die schönen Tage von Aranjuez
1933
as Alexander
Le Tunnel
1933
as Woolf
Love Story
1933
as Baron von Eggersdorf
The Countess of Monte Cristo
1932
as Der 'Baron' Hochstapler
Teilnehmer antwortet nicht
1932
as Fahrlehrer
M
1931
as Schränker
Danton
1931
as Robespierre
The Theft of the Mona Lisa
1931
as Unbekannter
Yorck
1931
as Karl August Fürst von Hardenberg
Luise, Queen of Prussia
1931
as König Friedrich Wilhelm III
Hokuspokus
1930
as Staatsanwalt Dr.Wilke
Never Trust a Woman
1930
as Jean
Fire in the Opera House
1930
as Otto van Lingen
Va Banque
1930
as John James Brown, Privatdetektiv