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by his former lover Klaus Mann, who had died in 1949. The novel, a thinly veiled account of Gründgens's life, portrayed its main character Hendrik Höfgen as having shady connections with the Nazi regime. Gründgens' adopted son and heir Peter Gorski, who had directed
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and his fiancée Pamela Wedekind played the lead roles of Anja and Esther. The play marked the beginning of Gründgens’ collaborations with the Mann siblings and Wedekind, as well as the beginning of his romantic relationship with Klaus Mann.
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prevailed and upheld the prohibition imposed on the publisher. However, the novel met with no further protests when it was published again in 1981 by
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Posthumously, Gründgens was involved in one of the more famous literary cases in 20th-century Germany as the subject of the novel
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was performed in Hamburg with Gründgens directing and playing the role of Jakob. Mann played the role of Kaspar, while his sister
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Gustaf Gründgens playing Mephisto in the Hamburg Theatre production of Goethe's Faust, in German with English subtitles
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Protection of the Honour of Deceased Persons – A Comparison Between the German and the Australian Legal Situations
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regime; the extent to which this can be considered as deliberate collaboration with the Nazis is hotly disputed.
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in the role of Hendrik Höfgen. The film was a huge commercial and critical success, and won the
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Dossiers über deutsche Künstler, Journalisten und Verleger im „Dritten Reich“. Hrsg. von
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process, his statements helped to exonerate acting colleagues, including Göring’s widow,
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for 9 months in 1945 – 1946, Gründgens was released due to the intercession of the
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in 1960, and as "Der Schränker" (The Safecracker) who is the chief judge of the
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while the two of them were performing in the Hamburg production of Mann’s play
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Knights Commander of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
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The Bitter Taste of Victory: Life, Love, and Art in the Ruins of the Reich
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Die Ratten betreten das sinkende Schiff: Das absurde Leben des Leo Reuss
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On 7 October 1963, while traveling around the world, Gründgens died in
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and the freedom of fiction from censorship was finally decided by the
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From 1936 to 1946, Gründgens was married to the famous German actress
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In 1928, he moved back to Berlin to join the renowned ensemble of the
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In the Shadow of the Magic Mountain: The Erika and Klaus Mann Story
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Rosa Winkel – Die Verfolgung Homosexueller im Nationalsozialismus
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in Hamburg. He again performed as Mephistopheles; the 1960 film
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but was again recalled by Göring, who had his name added to the
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of the Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus, and from 1955 directed the
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Der Prußische Staatsrat 1921–1933: Ein biographisches Handbuch
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and the character of Hendrik Höfgen in the infamous novel
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Gründgens returned to the Deutsches Theater, later became
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Gustaf Gründgens. Mit Selbstzeugnissen und Bilddokumenten
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on 18 February 1943, Gründgens volunteered for the
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und Johanna Schrön. Wallstein, Göttingen 2002, S.153 f.
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Tanz auf dem Vulkan. Gustaf Gründgens und Klaus Mann.
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was made with the Deutsches Schauspielhaus ensemble.
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ensemble, in which he first stood out in the role of
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Members of the Prussian State Council (Nazi Germany)
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In the time-consuming lawsuit, the controversy over
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