Portrait of Gustaf Gründgens

Acting

Gustaf Gründgens

Career

Active from 1930 to 2015, with a break from 1965 to 2014, busiest in 1933 with 6 main titles.

Leading roles
22
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score81/100
Highest rated
Poster for M
M
GoodWatch score93/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 5 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.7 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.7 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.3 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.5 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Gustaf Gründgens Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.9, average 5.4
  • Family Dynamics
    2.2, average 4.8
  • Coming of Age
    0.5, average 3.0
  • Situational Comedy
    0.3, average 2.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Political Intrigue 3
  • Class Conflict 2
  • Engineering Disaster 2
  • Historical Setting 2
  • Tragic Romance 2
  • German Cinema 2
  • Melancholic Tone 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

36
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2010s

2 titles · average score 65
Hitler's Hollywood
Hitler's Hollywood (2017)
GoodWatch score 65

as Various Roles (archive footage)

A Physical History of 'M'
A Physical History of 'M' (2015)

as Schränker (archive footage)

1960s

3 titles · average score 73
Don Gil von den grünen Hosen
Don Gil von den grünen Hosen (1964)

Director

Faust
Faust (1960)
GoodWatch score 73

as Mephisto

A Glass of Water
A Glass of Water (1960)

as Sir Henry St. John

1940s

3 titles · average score 69
Friedemann Bach
Friedemann Bach (1941)

as Wilhelm Friedemann Bach

Uncle Krüger
Uncle Krüger (1941)
GoodWatch score 69

as Joseph Chamberlain

Two Worlds
Two Worlds (1940)

Director

1930s

28 titles · average score 85
Der Schritt vom Wege
Der Schritt vom Wege (1939)

Executive Producer, Director

Tanz auf dem Vulkan
Tanz auf dem Vulkan (1938)

as Jean-Gaspard Debureau

Joan of Arc
Joan of Arc (1935)

as König Karl VII. von Frankreich

Pygmalion
Pygmalion (1935)

as Professor Higgins

So Ended a Great Love
So Ended a Great Love (1934)

as Count Metternich

The Grand Duke's Finances
The Grand Duke's Finances (1934)

Director, Writer

Die schönen Tage von Aranjuez
Die schönen Tage von Aranjuez (1933)

as Alexander

Love Story
Love Story (1933)

as Baron von Eggersdorf

The Countess of Monte Cristo
The Countess of Monte Cristo (1932)

as Der 'Baron' Hochstapler

M
M (1931)
GoodWatch score 93

as Schränker

The Theft of the Mona Lisa
The Theft of the Mona Lisa (1931)

as Unbekannter

Fire in the Opera House
Fire in the Opera House (1930)

as Otto van Lingen