Gustaf Gründgens
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Emerging from Düsseldorf’s drama school after World War I, he began on provincial stages in Halberstadt, Kiel and Berlin before joining Hamburg’s Kammerspiele in 1923, where he first adopted the name Gustaf and directed the Mann siblings’ play Anja and Esther. A move to Berlin in 1928 placed him in Max Reinhardt’s Deutsches Theater ensemble and led to collaborations with Otto Klemperer and a break…
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources
