Where to watch Gustaf Gründgens in the UK
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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…
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- M (1931) as Schränker
- Zur Person (1963) as Self
- Das Jahrhundert des Theaters (2002) as Self (archive footage)
- Hitler's Hollywood (2017) as Various Roles (archive footage)
- Joan of Arc (1935) as König Karl VII. von Frankreich
- Liebelei (1933) as Baron v. Eggersdorff
- The Countess of Monte Cristo (1932) as Der 'Baron' Hochstapler
- Love Story (1933) as Baron von Eggersdorf
- Uncle Krüger (1941) as Joseph Chamberlain
- The Town Stands on Its Head (1933) Director
- Pygmalion (1935) as Professor Higgins
- A Glass of Water (1960) as Sir Henry St. John
- Der Tunnel (1933) as Mr. Woolf
- Le Tunnel (1933) as Woolf
- Danton (1931) as Robespierre
- Hundert Tage (1935) as Fouché
- The Theft of the Mona Lisa (1931) as Unbekannter
- A Physical History of 'M' (2015) as Schränker (archive footage)
- Love in Stunt Flying (1937) as Jack Warren
- Die schönen Tage von Aranjuez (1933) as Alexander
- Hokuspokus (1930) as Staatsanwalt Dr.Wilke
- So Ended a Great Love (1934) as Count Metternich
- Yorck (1931) as Karl August Fürst von Hardenberg
- Fire in the Opera House (1930) as Otto van Lingen
- The Grand Duke's Finances (1934) Director
- Friedemann Bach (1941) as Wilhelm Friedemann Bach
- Two Worlds (1940) Director
- Luise, Queen of Prussia (1931) as König Friedrich Wilhelm III
- Faust (1960) as Mephisto
- Teilnehmer antwortet nicht (1932) as Fahrlehrer
- Black Fighter Johanna (1934) as Dr. Frost, politischer Agent
- Der Schritt vom Wege (1939) Executive Producer
- Inheritance in Pretoria (1934) as Eugen Schliebach
- Tanz auf dem Vulkan (1938) as Jean-Gaspard Debureau
- A Woman of No Importance (1936) as Lord George Illingworth
- Don Gil von den grünen Hosen (1964) Director
- Never Trust a Woman (1930) as Jean
- Va Banque (1930) as John James Brown, Privatdetektiv
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Most-watched Gustaf Gründgens films currently: M (1931), Hitler's Hollywood (2017), Joan of Arc (1935), Liebelei (1933), The Countess of Monte Cristo (1932).
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Selected TV credits: Zur Person (1963), Das Jahrhundert des Theaters (2002).
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