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Gustaf Gründgens
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.
Known For
M
as Schränker
Le Tunnel
as Woolf
Liebelei
as Baron v. Eggersdorff
Faust
as Mephisto
Der Tunnel
as Mr. Woolf
The Countess of Monte Cristo
as Der 'Baron' Hochstapler
The Theft of the Mona Lisa
as Unbekannter
Hitler's Hollywood
as Various Roles (archive footage)
Love in Stunt Flying
as Jack Warren
Joan of Arc
as König Karl VII. von Frankreich
