Gustaf Gründgens

Acting

Gustaf Gründgens

Born 1899-12-22 Düsseldorf, Germany 31 films

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 Mephistophe…

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Filmography

31 films
Faust poster

In 1957 Gustaf Gründgens staged a new production of Goethe's Faust in which he once again played Me…

Faust

★ 7.3 1960

Uncle Krüger poster

An anti-British propaganda film from Nazi Germany which depicts the life of the South African polit…

Uncle Krüger

★ 7.4 1941

Pygmalion poster

When linguistics professor Henry Higgins boasts that he can pass off Cockney flower girl Eliza Dool…

Pygmalion

★ 6.7 1935

Joan of Arc poster

France in the 15th Century: The country is marked by the wars with England and internal power strug…

Joan of Arc

★ 6.2 1935