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FILM DIRECTOR

Gustaf Gründgens

1899 - 1963

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Gustaf Gründgens (German: [ˈɡʊs.taf ˈɡʁʏnt.ɡəns] ; 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gustaf Gründgens has received more than 267,846 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Gustaf Gründgens is the 409th most popular film director (down from 393rd in 2019), the 2,147th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,079th in 2019) and the 19th most popular German Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Gustaf Gründgens ranks 409 out of 1,581Before him are Alexandre Astruc, Hirokazu Kore-eda, Marc Allégret, Michael Anderson, Jan Troell, and David Yates. After him are Jerzy Stuhr, Michael Radford, Alain Tanner, Bertrand Blier, Claire Denis, and Albert Lamorisse.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, Gustaf Gründgens ranks 92Before him are Lotte Reiniger, Nicolas Frantz, Eugene Ormandy, Wilhelm Röpke, John Barbirolli, and Marcel Dalio. After him are Benjamin Péret, Princess Antonia of Luxembourg, Mart Stam, Soraya Tarzi, Max Simon, and Pancho Vladigerov. Among people deceased in 1963, Gustaf Gründgens ranks 64Before him are Ferenc Fricsay, Rikidōzan, Garrett Morgan, Karl Amadeus Hartmann, Ernst Kantorowicz, and Ramón Gómez de la Serna. After him are Fazlollah Zahedi, Sarit Thanarat, Rahul Sankrityayan, Ngô Đình Nhu, Ernesto Lecuona, and Jacques Villon.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Gustaf Gründgens ranks 2,147 out of 6,142Before him are Hans Wilsdorf (1881), Franz Müntefering (1940), Claus Schilling (1871), Hermann Schlegel (1804), George William, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe (1784), and Wolfgang Ketterle (1957). After him are Duchess Charlotte Georgine of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1769), Heinrich Aldegrever (1502), Princess Charlotte of Prussia (1831), Friedrich Ferdinand von Beust (1809), Manfred Kaltz (1953), and Otto Wöhler (1894).

Among FILM DIRECTORS In Germany

Among film directors born in Germany, Gustaf Gründgens ranks 19Before him are Thea von Harbou (1888), Douglas Sirk (1897), Margarethe von Trotta (1942), Mike Nichols (1931), Veit Harlan (1899), and Lotte Reiniger (1899). After him are Wolfgang Reitherman (1909), Oskar Fischinger (1900), Peter Stein (1937), Alexander Kluge (1932), Walter Ruttmann (1887), and Walter Frentz (1907).

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