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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- Joan of Arc (1935) as König Karl VII. von Frankreich
- M (1931) as Schränker
- Zur Person (1963) as Self
- Die schönen Tage von Aranjuez (1933) as Alexander
- Faust (1960) as Mephisto
- Das Jahrhundert des Theaters (2002) as Self (archive footage)
- Two Worlds (1940) Director
- Don Gil von den grünen Hosen (1964) Director
- Pygmalion (1935) as Professor Higgins
- The Grand Duke's Finances (1934) Director
- So Ended a Great Love (1934) as Count Metternich
- Luise, Queen of Prussia (1931) as König Friedrich Wilhelm III
- Va Banque (1930) as John James Brown, Privatdetektiv
- Teilnehmer antwortet nicht (1932) as Fahrlehrer
- Liebelei (1933) as Baron v. Eggersdorff
- Hitler's Hollywood (2017) as Various Roles (archive footage)
- A Physical History of 'M' (2015) as Schränker (archive footage)
- Fire in the Opera House (1930) as Otto van Lingen
- Uncle Krüger (1941) as Joseph Chamberlain
- Der Tunnel (1933) as Mr. Woolf
- Hokuspokus (1930) as Staatsanwalt Dr.Wilke
- Love Story (1933) as Baron von Eggersdorf
- The Theft of the Mona Lisa (1931) as Unbekannter
- Tanz auf dem Vulkan (1938) as Jean-Gaspard Debureau
- Friedemann Bach (1941) as Wilhelm Friedemann Bach
- Danton (1931) as Robespierre
- The Town Stands on Its Head (1933) Director
- Love in Stunt Flying (1937) as Jack Warren
- Le Tunnel (1933) as Woolf
- The Countess of Monte Cristo (1932) as Der 'Baron' Hochstapler
- Inheritance in Pretoria (1934) as Eugen Schliebach
- Der Schritt vom Wege (1939) Executive Producer
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Most-watched Gustaf Gründgens films currently: Joan of Arc (1935), M (1931), Die schönen Tage von Aranjuez (1933), Faust (1960), Two Worlds (1940).
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Selected TV credits: Zur Person (1963), Das Jahrhundert des Theaters (2002).
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