Gustaf Gründgens
Known for Acting
Details
Birthday: December 22, 1899
Deathday: October 07, 1963
Place of birth: 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.
Actor
2017
1960
1960
1941
1941
1938
1937
1935
1935
1935
1933
1933
1933
1933
1931
1931
1931
1930
1930
1930
Director
1960
1941
1940
1939
1937