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Gustaf Gründgens

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Directed movies: 6Directed series: 0All crew credits: 7

TMDB ID: 12325

IMDb ID: nm0345073

Known for: Acting

Born: December 22, 1899

Died: October 7, 1963

Age: 63

Place of birth: Düsseldorf, Germany

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1930 - 2017

Years active: 88

Average TMDB rating: 7.11

Wikidata: Q61260

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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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