Gustaf Gründgens
Born December 22, 1899 (Age: 126)
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Düsseldorf, Germany
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.
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.
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Filmography
Faust
1960
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as Mephisto
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Age: 60
A Glass of Water
1960
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as Sir Henry St. John
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Age: 60
Friedemann Bach
1941
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as Wilhelm Friedemann Bach
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Age: 41
Uncle Krüger
1941
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as Joseph Chamberlain
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Age: 41
Teilnehmer antwortet nicht
1932
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as Fahrlehrer
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Age: 32
The Countess of Monte Cristo
1932
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as Der 'Baron' Hochstapler
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Age: 32
Yorck
1931
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as Karl August Fürst von Hardenberg
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Age: 32
Luise, Queen of Prussia
1931
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as König Friedrich Wilhelm III
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Age: 31
The Theft of the Mona Lisa
1931
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as Unbekannter
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Age: 31
M
1931
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as Schränker
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Age: 31
Danton
1931
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as Robespierre
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Age: 31
Fire in the Opera House
1930
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as Otto van Lingen
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Age: 30
Va Banque
1930
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as John James Brown, Privatdetektiv
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Age: 30
Hokuspokus
1930
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as Staatsanwalt Dr.Wilke
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Age: 30
Never Trust a Woman
1930
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as Jean
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Age: 30