Gustaf Gründgens
1899 - 1963His 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.
M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder
Fritz Lang
Peter Lorre, Ellen Widmann
In this classic German thriller, Hans Beckert, a serial killer who preys on children, becomes the focus of a massive Berlin police manhunt. Beckert's heinous crimes are so repellant and disruptive to city life that he is even targeted by others in the seedy underworld network. With both cops and criminals in pursuit, the murderer soon realizes that people are on his trail, sending him into a tense, panicked attempt to escape justice.
M
Liebelei
Max Ophüls
Paul Hörbiger, Magda Schneider
Vienna in the beginning of the twentieth century. Cavalry Lieutenant Fritz Lobheimer is about to end his affair with Baroness Eggerdorff when he meets the young Christine, the daughter of an opera violinist. Baron Eggerdorff however soon hears of his past misfortune...
Liebelei
Faust
Peter Gorski, Gustaf Gründgens
Will Quadflieg, Gustaf Gründgens
In 1957 Gustaf Gründgens staged a new production of Goethe's Faust in which he once again played Mephisto, a part he had played since 1932. The brilliant production was a huge success and ran for a couple of years. In 1959 Peter Gorski captured the performance on film in his directorial film debut. Basically it is a registration of the production, but Gorksi did manage to accentuate the details of the acting by using enough medium and close-up shots which give a view on the acting you normally would not able to see in a theater.
Faust
Hundert Tage
Franz Wenzler
Werner Krauß, Gustaf Gründgens
Экранизация пьесы, которую написал Бенито Муссолини. Она была впервые опубликована в Германии в 1933 году, после прихода к власти национал-социалистов. В пьесе рассказывается о Наполеоне, точнее, его последних ста днях правления, когда он стремительно возвратил себе власть во Франции. Во время своего заточения на острове Эльба Наполеон предстаёт зрителю как человек, который всего лишь хотел создать счастливый мир без войн. Он говорит: «Если бы я всё-таки победил в Москве, то исполнилась бы моя мечта — возникла бы единая Европа, которая бы не знала войн, а только мир». Противники Наполеона, правители европейских стран, рассматривают убийство в качестве «проявления человечности».
Hundert Tage
Danton
Hans Behrendt
Fritz Kortner, Lucie Mannheim
This pre-WW II German costume drama chronicles the French Revolution with a particular focus upon Danton, Robespierre, and Marat. It depicts the dramatic downfall and execution of Georges Danton in 1794 at the hands of Maximilien Robespierre. The film also presents an interesting, if not historically inaccurate, portrayal of Louis XVI.
Danton
Der Schritt vom Wege
Gustaf Gründgens
Marianne Hoppe, Karl Ludwig Diehl
Theodor Fontane's novel about a young girl who as a teenager marries a stiff bureaucrat, has a love affair out of boredom and loneliness and has to suffer the consequences years later should be well known.
Der Schritt vom Wege
Hitler's Hollywood
Rüdiger Suchsland
Rüdiger Suchsland, Hans Henrik Wöhler
Film journalist and critic Rüdiger Suchsland examines German cinema from 1933, when the Nazis came into power, until 1945, when the Third Reich collapsed. (A sequel to From Caligari to Hitler, 2015.)
Hitler's Hollywood
Une histoire d'amour
Max Ophüls
Magda Schneider, Simone Héliard
A young German officer's (Wolfgang Liebeneiner) life is turned upside when he tries to end his affair with a married baroness (Olga Tschechowa) after falling for an innocent young singer (Magda Schneider). French version of Ophuls' Liebelei.
Love Story
Die Gräfin von Monte-Christo
Karl Hartl
Brigitte Helm, Rudolf Forster
The two aspiring actresses Jeanette and Mimi are waiting for their big chance. But the real breakthrough is slow in coming. Jeanette especially desperately needs a big success, since her friend, the journalist Stephan, is about to lose his job. When the two have their chance to take a ride in a posh car during a shooting, Jeanette slams on the throttle and the two friends take off. Their aimless journey takes them to a fashionable winter sports’ hotel, where Jeanette reserves a name under “The Countess of Monte Christo”. Everything’s going dandy; no one suspects a thing. That is, until two impostors, Rumowski and “The Baron” take residence in the same hotel.
The Countess of Monte Cristo
Brand in der Oper
Carl Froelich
Gustav Fröhlich, Gustaf Gründgens
It begins with a Tannhäuser performance and ends with the premiere of The Tales of Hoffmann. In between a young ingénue cast in her first big role, the Hoffmann rehearsals, the theatre director and his stage director exchanging cynicisms, a budding love affair. Gründgens at his most repulsive, trying to woo both lovers. And a hair-raising finale. Add to this some snappy dialogue and "pre-code" scenes that make you sit up and stare.
Fire in the Opera House
Kapriolen
Gustaf Gründgens
Gustaf Gründgens, Marianne Hoppe
Mabel is a successful pilot who hates sensational media, but falls in love with Jack, a womanizer journalist with conservative views on gender. When the two of them get married, they make a deal: Mabel will cease to fly as long as Jack doesn't interview any more women. But how long can they keep their pact?
Love in Stunt Flying
