Gustaf Gründgens
German actor, director, intendant (1899-1963)
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Acting · Düsseldorf, Germany
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…
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- Hitler's Hollywood — Various Roles (archive footage)2017
- A Physical History of 'M' — Schränker (archive footage)2015
- Das Jahrhundert des Theaters — Self (archive footage)2002
- Zur Person — Self1963
- Faust — Mephisto1960
- A Glass of Water — Sir Henry St. John1960
- Friedemann Bach — Wilhelm Friedemann Bach1941
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