Alfred Braun (3 May 1888 – 3 January 1978) was a pioneer of German radio. He became famous as a radio reporter and radio play director, among other things. He was also an actor, stage and film director, and screenwriter. Although he was arrested by the

Gestapo The (, ), Syllabic abbreviation, abbreviated Gestapo (), was the official secret police of Nazi Germany and in German-occupied Europe. The force was created by Hermann Göring in 1933 by combining the various political police agencies of F ...

in 1933, he was released and then emigrated to

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and

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. He returned to Berlin in 1939, and in 1940 he worked on the anti-semetic propaganda film

Jud Süß (, ) is a 1940 Nazi German historical drama/propaganda film produced by Terra Film at the behest of Joseph Goebbels. Considered one of the most antisemitic films of all time, the film was directed by Veit Harlan, who co-wrote the screenplay w ...

as assistant-director. He then wrote several screenplays in partnership with

Veit Harlan Veit Harlan (22 September 1899 – 13 April 1964) was a German film director and actor. Harlan reached the high point of his career as a director in the Nazi era; most notably his antisemitic film '' Jud Süß'' (1940) makes him controversial. W ...

during the Nazi Regime.

Filmography

Actor

* ''Das Leid der Liebe'' (1916) * ''Der Sohn der Magd'' (1919) * '' The Gambler'' (1920) - Stöckel * ''

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'' (1924) * '' The Enchantress'' (1924) * ''Das sonnige Märchen vom Glück'' (1924) - Dr. Ing. Waldemar Hassenstein * '' Radio Magic'' (1927) - Sprecher des Berliner Rundfunks * ''

Flachsmann the Educator ''Flachsmann the Educator'' () is a 1930 German comedy film directed by Carl Heinz Wolff and starring Paul Henckels, Charlotte Ander and Alfred Braun.Bock & Bergfelder p. 193 It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin. The film's sets we ...

'' (1930) - Jan Flemming * ''Tingel-Tangel'' (1930) * ''Spione im Savoy-Hotel'' (1932) - Alfred Braun, der rasende Reporter * ''

Große Freiheit Nr. 7 ''Große Freiheit Nr. 7'' (English: ''Great Freedom No. 7'') is a 1944 German musical film, musical drama film directed by Helmut Käutner. It was named after Große Freiheit (grand freedom), a street next to Hamburg's Reeperbahn road in the St. ...

'' (1944) - Rundfunkreporter * ''

Chemistry and Love ''Chemistry and Love'' () is a 1948 East German comedy film directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt and starring Hans Nielsen, Tilly Lauenstein and Ralph Lothar. It is an anti-capitalist satire inspired by a stage play by the communist writer Béla Ba ...

'' (1948) - Narrator * ''

Anonymous Letters ''Anonymous Letters'' () is a 1949 German drama film directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt, and starring Käthe Haack, Tilly Lauenstein, and O.E. Hasse.Bock & Bergfelder p. 304 It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in West Berlin and on location in ...

'' (1949) - Dr. Maurin * '' The Staircase'' (1950) - Kriminalkommissar * ''Primanerinnen'' (1951) - Herr Lullus * '' When the Evening Bells Ring'' (1951) * ''Komm zurück...'' (1953) - Vokrodt * ''

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'' (1953) * '' Scotland Yard Hunts Dr. Mabuse'' (1963)

Director

* '' Girls Behind Bars'' (1949) * '' The Staircase'' (1950) * '' A Rare Lover'' (1950) * '' Eyes of Love'' (1951) * '' When the Evening Bells Ring'' (1951) * ''

A Thousand Red Roses Bloom ''A Thousand Red Roses Bloom'' () is a 1952 West German drama film directed by Alfred Braun and starring Rudolf Prack, Winnie Markus and O. W. Fischer. It was shot at the Göttingen Studios. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Hans ...

'' (1952) * ''

'' (1953) * '' Come Back'' (1953) * ''

Stresemann Stresemann is a German family name which may refer to: * Christina Stresemann (born 1957), German judge; daughter of Wolfgang Stresemann * Erwin Stresemann (1889 – 1972), German ornithologist * Gustav Stresemann Gustav Ernst Stresemann (; 10 ...

'' (1957) * ''Schwarze Nylons – Heiße Nächte'' (1958) * ''Morgen wirst du um mich weinen'' (1959)

Screenwriter

* ''The Golden City'' (1941, with

) * ''Immensee'' (1943, with Veit Harlan) * ''

Opfergang ''Opfergang'' (''The Great Sacrifice'' or ''Rite of Sacrifice'') is a 1944 German film directed by Veit Harlan. It is based on Rudolf G. Binding's work of the same title, with alterations for propaganda purposes. Unlike other Harlan films of the ...

'' (1944, with Veit Harlan) * '' Kolberg'' (1945, with Veit Harlan and

Josef Goebbels Paul Joseph Goebbels (; 29 October 1897 – 1 May 1945) was a German Nazi politician and philologist who was the ''Gauleiter'' (district leader) of Berlin, chief propagandist for the Nazi Party, and then Reich Minister of Propaganda f ...

(uncredited))

Bibliography

* Fox, Jo. ''Film Propaganda in Britain and Nazi Germany: World War II Cinema''. Berg, 2007.

References

External links

* * 1888 births 1978 deaths German male film actors Mass media people from Berlin German male silent film actors Male actors from Berlin 20th-century German male actors German male writers {{Germany-film-actor-1880s-stub