
Gustaf Gründgens
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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.
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Complete Filmography & Verdicts
| Year | Movie | Character | Rating | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1931 | M | Schränker | HIT | |
| 1941 | Uncle Krüger | Joseph Chamberlain | HIT | |
| 1960 | Faust | Mephisto | HIT | |
| 1933 | Liebelei | Baron v. Eggersdorff | HIT | |
| 2017 | Hitler's Hollywood | Various Roles (archive footage) | FLOP | |
| 1960 | A Glass of Water | Sir Henry St. John | FLOP | |
| 1933 | Der Tunnel | Mr. Woolf | FLOP | |
| 1938 | Tanz auf dem Vulkan | Jean-Gaspard Debureau | FLOP | |
| 1935 | Pygmalion | Professor Higgins | FLOP | |
| 1936 | Eine Frau ohne Bedeutung | Lord George Illingworth | FLOP | |
| 1931 | Danton | Robespierre | FLOP | |
| 1933 | Le Tunnel | Woolf | FLOP | |
| 1941 | Friedemann Bach | Wilhelm Friedemann Bach | FLOP | |
| 1931 | The Theft of the Mona Lisa | Unbekannter | FLOP | |
| 1932 | The Countess of Monte Cristo | Der 'Baron' Hochstapler | FLOP | |
| 1937 | Love in Stunt Flying | Jack Warren | FLOP | |
| 1935 | Joan of Arc | König Karl VII. von Frankreich | FLOP | |
| 1934 | Black Fighter Johanna | Dr. Frost, politischer Agent | FLOP | |
| 1932 | Teilnehmer antwortet nicht | Fahrlehrer | FLOP | |
| 1934 | So Ended a Great Love | Count Metternich | FLOP |




