Peter Paul Brauer (16 May 1899, in
Elberfeld
Elberfeld is a municipal subdivision of the German city of Wuppertal; it was an independent town until 1929.
History
The first official mentioning of the geographic area on the banks of today's Wupper River as "''elverfelde''" was in a do ...
– 28 April 1959, in
Berlin
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) was a German film producer and film director.
In 1928, he became involved in film production in the Netherlands. That same year he returned to Germany and, over several years, produced several short films. After the takeover of the Nazis in March 1933, Brauer was production manager at the
UFA
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. After 1938, he directed a number of feature films, mostly comedies.
Between April 1939 and November 1940 Brauer was production chief of
Terra Film
Terra Film was a Berlin-based film production company. Founded in 1919, it became one of Germany's largest film production companies in the 1930s under the Nazi regime.
Corporate history
The company was founded at end of 1919, initially as a ...
. At the beginning of 1940, Brauer was assigned by Propaganda Minister
Joseph Goebbels
Paul Joseph Goebbels (; 29 October 1897 – 1 May 1945) was a German Nazi politician who was the '' Gauleiter'' (district leader) of Berlin, chief propagandist for the Nazi Party, and then Reich Minister of Propaganda from 1933 to ...
to produce the anti-Semitic film ''
Jud Süß
(, "Süss the Jew") is a 1940 Nazi German historical drama and propaganda film produced by Terra Film at the behest of Joseph Goebbels. It is considered one of the most antisemitic films of all time. The film was directed by Veit Harlan, who ...
'' (1940). Brauer assigned himself the task of directing the film; however, he ran into difficulties in casting. Frustrated at the delay, Goebbels removed him in favor of
Veit Harlan
Veit Harlan (22 September 1899 – 13 April 1964) was a German film director and actor. Harlan reached the highpoint of his career as a director in the Nazi era; most notably his antisemitic film '' Jud Süß'' (1940) makes him controversia ...
.
In the 1940s, Brauer concentrated on directing and collaborated on some screenplays. Brauer was a member of the
Nazi Party
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.
[Janine Diedrich, ''Heinz Rühmann: Karrierist und Opportunist oder Gegner des Nationalsozialismus'', GRIN Verlag, 2007, p. 14]
Filmography
Producer
*1933: Die Wette
*1933: Die verlorene Melodie
*1933: Der streitbare Herr Kickel
*1933: Der Störenfried
*1933: Das 13. Weltwunder
*1933: Alles für Anita!
*1933: Eine ideale Wohnung
*1934: Zwei Genies
*1934: Ritter wider Willen
*1934: Lottchens Geburtstag
*1934: Liebe und Zahnweh
*1934: Ich bin Du
*1934: Hochzeit am 13.
*1934: Erstens kommt es anders
*1935: Zimmer zu vermieten
*1935: Dreimal Ehe
*1935: Schnitzel fliegt
*1935: Der eingebildete Kranke
*1935: ''
The Girl from the Marsh Croft''
*1935: UFA-Märchen
*1935: April, April!
*1936: Früh übt sich
*1937: Bluff
*1937: Gewitterflug zu Claudia
*1953: ''
The Dancing Heart
''The Dancing Heart'' (german: Das tanzende Herz) is a 1953 West German historical musical comedy film directed by Wolfgang Liebeneiner and starring Gertrud Kückelmann, Gunnar Möller, and Wilfried Seyferth
Wilfried Seyferth (21 April 1908 � ...
''
Director
*1928: Der Boxstudent
*1931: Der Erlkönig (Director and co-Screenwriter)
*1935: Die Gesangsstunde
*1935: Der Uhrenladen
*1935: Der große Preis von Europa
*1936: Vier Mädel und ein Mann
*1936: Kalbsragout mit Champignons
*1937: Die perfekte Sekretärin
*1937: Das Quartett
*1938: ''
The Girl of Last Night
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'' (co-Director)
*1938: Was tun, Sybille? (co-Director)
*1938:
Das Verlegenheitskind
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(co-Director)
*1939: Ich bin gleich wieder da (co-Director)
*1941: ''
The Swedish Nightingale''
*1941: Die Kellnerin Anna (Director and co-Screenwriter)
*1942: Sein Sohn (Director and co-Screenwriter)
*1942: Der Seniorchef
*1943: ''
Heaven, We Inherit a Castle
''Heaven, We Inherit a Castle'' (german: Himmel, wir erben ein Schloß) is a 1943 German comedy film directed by Peter Paul Brauer and starring Anny Ondra, Hans Brausewetter, and Carla Rust. The film was shot in German-occupied Prague, Ondra's ...
''
*1943: Die Jungfern vom Bischofsberg
*1944: Glück bei Frauen
*1951: Es begann um Mitternacht
See also
*
List of films made in the Third Reich
*
Nazism and cinema
Nazism created an elaborate system of propaganda, which made use of the new technologies of the 20th century, including cinema. Nazism courted the masses by the means of slogans that were aimed directly at the instincts and emotions of the peop ...
References
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1899 births
1959 deaths
Film people from North Rhine-Westphalia
People from Elberfeld
Germany articles needing attention
Nazi Party members
Mass media people from Wuppertal