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Gustaf Gründgens (1899–1963)

Actor | Director | Producer

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Became artistic director of the Prussian State Theatre, 1937-45. Appointed by Goering to the Prussian State Council in 1936. See more trivia »

Born:

Gustav Gründgens
in Düsseldorf, Germany

Died:

(age 63) in Manila, Philippines
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2003 Unsere Besten (TV series)
Mephisto
– Wer ist der größte Deutsche? (2003) … Mephisto
 
1960 Faust
Mephistopheles / Lustige Person
 
1960 A Glass of Water
Sir Henry St. John
 
1941 Friedemann Bach
Friedemann Bach
 
1941 Uncle Kruger
Chamberlain
 
1938 Der Tanz auf dem Vulkan
Komödiant Debureau
 
1937 Love in Stunt Flying
Jack Warren
 
1936 A Woman of No Importance
Lord George Illingworth
 
1936 Inheritance in Pretoria
Eugen Schliebach
 
1935 Pygmalion
Professor Higgins
 
1935 Das Mädchen Johanna
King Charles VII
 
1935 Hundred Days
Fouché
 
1934 End of an Affair
Count Metternich
 
1934 Black Fighter Johanna
Dr. Frost
 
1933 Le tunnel
Woolf
 
1933 The Tunnel
Mr. Woolf, tunnel syndicate director
 
1933 Die schönen Tage von Aranjuez
Alexander
 
1933 Love Story
Baron von Eggersdorf (as Gustave Grundgens)
 
1933 Liebelei
Baron v. Eggersdorff
 
1932 Teilnehmer antwortet nicht
Fahrlehrer
 
1932 The Countess of Monte-Christo
Der 'Baron' Hochstapler
 
1931 Yorck
Karl August Fürst von Hardenberg
 
1931 Luise, Königin von Preußen
König Friedrich Wilhelm III
 
1931 The Theft of the Mona Lisa
Unbekannter
 
1931 M
Schränker
 
1931 Danton
Robespierre
 
1930 Fire in the Opera House
Otto van Lingen
 
1930 Va Banque
John James Brown - Privatdetektiv
 
1930 Hocuspocus
Dr. Wilke
 
1930 Never Trust a Woman
Jean
 
Show ShowDirector (9 titles)
1964 Totentanz (TV movie)
 
1964/I Don Gil von den grünen Hosen (TV movie)
 
1960 Faust (uncredited)
 
1941 Friedemann Bach (supervision)
 
1940 Zwei Welten
 
1939 The False Step
 
1937 Love in Stunt Flying
 
1934 The Grand Duke's Finances
 
1933 The Town Stands on Its Head
 
Show ShowProducer (3 titles)
1941 Friedemann Bach (executive producer)
 
1940 Zwei Welten (executive producer)
 
1939 The False Step (executive producer)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (1 title)
1960 A Glass of Water (performer: "Party-Chanson")
 
Show ShowWriter (1 title)
1934 The Grand Duke's Finances (screenplay)
 
Show ShowProduction Manager (1 title)
1933 The Town Stands on Its Head (production leader)
 
Show ShowSelf (2 titles)
2000 Ich tret' aus meinem Traum heraus (TV documentary)
Himself (archive material)
 
1963 Zur Person (TV series)
Himself
– Gustaf Gründgens (1963) … Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (9 titles)
2004 René Deltgen - Der sanfte Rebell (TV documentary)
(uncredited)
 
2004 Unsere Besten (TV series)
 
2004 Fritz Lang: Circle of Destiny (TV documentary)
Schränker (in "M") (uncredited)
 
2002 Das Jahrhundert des Theaters (TV series)
Himself
 
2001 The Manns - Novel of a Century (TV mini-series)
 
2000 Dance with Death: The Ufa-Star Sybille Schmitz (TV documentary)
 
1999 Television Under the Swastika (TV documentary)
Himself - at Karinhall with Hans Frank (uncredited)
 
1958 It Only Happened Once
Himself, Gustav Gründgens
 
1941 Wir erinnern uns gern
Selbst/Himself
 
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Gustave Grundgens
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Trivia:

Became artistic director of the Prussian State Theatre, 1937-45. Appointed by Goering to the Prussian State Council in 1936. See more »

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