
Acting
Born December 22, 1899 · Düsseldorf, 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.

Hitler's Hollywood
2017

A Physical History of 'M'
2015

Faust
1960

A Glass of Water
1960

Friedemann Bach
1941

Uncle Krüger
1941

Tanz auf dem Vulkan
1938

Love in Stunt Flying
1937

Eine Frau ohne Bedeutung
1936

Pygmalion
1935

Joan of Arc
1935

Hundert Tage
1935

Inheritance in Pretoria
1934

So Ended a Great Love
1934

Black Fighter Johanna
1934

Le Tunnel
1933

Der Tunnel
1933

Die schönen Tage von Aranjuez
1933

Liebelei
1933

Love Story
1933

Teilnehmer antwortet nicht
1932

The Countess of Monte Cristo
1932

Yorck
1931

Luise, Queen of Prussia
1931

The Theft of the Mona Lisa
1931

M
1931

Danton
1931

Fire in the Opera House
1930

Hokuspokus
1930

Never Trust a Woman
1930