Gustaf Gründgens
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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as SchränkerIn this classic German thriller, Hans Beckert, a serial killer who preys on children, becomes...
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Hitler's Hollywood
as Various Roles (archive footage)Film journalist and critic Rüdiger Suchsland examines German cinema from 1933, when the Nazis...
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Le Tunnel
as WoolfAn engineer is hired to plan and oversee the construction of a undersea tunnel between Europe...
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Joan of Arc
as König Karl VII. von FrankreichFrance in the 15th Century: The country is marked by the wars with England and internal power...
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Ohm Krüger
as Joseph ChamberlainThe British Empire sees its interests in South Africa threatened by the Boers from Holland and...
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Liebelei
as Baron v. EggersdorffVienna in the beginning of the twentieth century. Cavalry Lieutenant Fritz Lobheimer is about to...
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The Theft of the Mona Lisa
as UnbekannterThis German crime drama was based on a true story. Willy Forst stars as a poverty-stricken...
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Friedemann Bach
as Wilhelm Friedemann BachDuring a house concert, the Bach family gets a visit by their son Wilhelm Friedemann, who has...
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Der Tunnel
as Mr. WoolfThe engineer MacAllan designs a tunnel, which will join America and Europe together on the...
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Faust
as MephistoIn 1957 Gustaf Gründgens staged a new production of Goethe's Faust in which he once again played...
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Hokuspokus
as Staatsanwalt Dr.WilkeHokuspokus is a 1930 German comedy film directed by Gustav Ucicky and starring Lilian Harvey,...
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Fire in the Opera House
as Otto van LingenIt begins with a Tannhäuser performance and ends with the premiere of The Tales of Hoffmann. In...
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Love in Stunt Flying
as Jack WarrenMabel is a successful pilot who hates sensational media, but falls in love with Jack, a...
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Danton
as RobespierreThis pre-WW II German costume drama chronicles the French Revolution with a particular focus...
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A Physical History of 'M'
as Schränker (archive)This documentary traces the "physical history" of Fritz Lang’s M, from its production and...
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Love Story
as Baron von EggersdorfA young German officer's (Wolfgang Liebeneiner) life is turned upside when he tries to end his...
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So Ended a Great Love
as Count MetternichThe political advisor to the French emperor Napoleon, and the Austrian emperor Franz I, arrange...
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Yorck
as Karl August Fürst von HardenbergThe story of General Yorck von Wartenburg, a commander in the army of Prussian King Wilhelm, who...
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The Countess of Monte Cristo
as Der 'Baron' HochstaplerThe two aspiring actresses Jeanette and Mimi are waiting for their big chance. But the real...
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Tanz auf dem Vulkan
as Jean-Gaspard DebureauParis, 1830: Jean-Gaspard Debureau performs on the stage and delights his audience with song,...
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A Glass of Water
as Sir Henry St. JohnIntrigue and scheming at the court of Queen Anne of England between liberal Lord Bolingbroke and...
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Luise, Queen of Prussia
as König Friedrich Wilhelm IIIVehicle for one of the Weimar era's most beloved actresses: as the popular Prussian queen in...
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Eine Frau ohne Bedeutung
as Lord George IllingworthSylvia, the daughter of the pastor Kelvil, is lectrice to Lady Patricia and gets to know the...
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Black Fighter Johanna
as Dr. Frost, politischer AgentGermany under Napoleon. Johanna is travelling by stagecoach when one of its occupants, Major...
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Never Trust a Woman
as JeanA sailor falls for a music hall performer with marital problems, after having been at sea a long...
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Das Jahrhundert des Theaters
as Self (archive footage)"The Century of the Theater" - From the "birth of the director" to the "heroes of modernity" -...
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