Hermann Braun
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Hermann Braun was a German, American-born, motion-picture actor, and the son of chamber singer Carl Braun
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-born, Braun made his film debut in 1933 with Der Jäger aus Kurpfalz. He was Pola Negri
's leading man in her Third Reich film Die Fromme Lüge (1938), where he plays a young man in her life who we are led to believe is her young lover but turns out to be her son. Braun also played in the Emil Jannings
picture Traumulus (1936) and in the Veit Harlan
-directed Jugend (1938). His final film was Kleine Mädchen - große Sorgen (1941), opposite actress Hannelore Schroth
. He was retired from Nazi pictures because of his anti-Nazi stance, drafted into World War II
, and then killed in action in 1945 at the Russian front line, at the age of 26.
was a famous opera singer, his mother Gertrude Botz was a stage actress at the Lübeck Theater, and his sister Anne-Mary Braun was also an actress.
Carl Braun (opera singer)
Carl Braun was a German bass. A pupil of the Berlin Imperial Opera, he sang with the Wiesbaden Royal Opera, Vienna Imperial Opera, Berlin City Opera, Met, and Berlin State Opera. He was actor Hermann Braun's father. In 1932 he joined the Nazi Party....
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Biography
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-born, Braun made his film debut in 1933 with Der Jäger aus Kurpfalz. He was Pola Negri
Pola Negri
Pola Negri was a Polish stage and film actress who achieved worldwide fame for her tragedienne and femme fatale roles from the 1910s through the 1940s during the Golden Era of Hollywood film. She was the first European film star to be invited to Hollywood, and became a great American star. She...
's leading man in her Third Reich film Die Fromme Lüge (1938), where he plays a young man in her life who we are led to believe is her young lover but turns out to be her son. Braun also played in the Emil Jannings
Emil Jannings
Emil Jannings was a German actor. He was not only the first actor to win the Academy Award for Best Actor, but also the first person to be presented an Oscar...
picture Traumulus (1936) and in the Veit Harlan
Veit Harlan
Veit Harlan was a German film director and actor.-Life and career:Harlan was born in Berlin. After studying under Max Reinhardt, he first appeared on the stage in 1915 and, after World War I, worked in the Berlin stage. In 1922 he married Jewish actress and cabaret singer Dora Gerson; the couple...
-directed Jugend (1938). His final film was Kleine Mädchen - große Sorgen (1941), opposite actress Hannelore Schroth
Hannelore Schroth
Hannelore Schroth was German film, stage and television actress whose career spanned over five decades.-Career:...
. He was retired from Nazi pictures because of his anti-Nazi stance, drafted into World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
, and then killed in action in 1945 at the Russian front line, at the age of 26.
Family
Braun descended from an artistic family. His father Carl BraunCarl Braun (opera singer)
Carl Braun was a German bass. A pupil of the Berlin Imperial Opera, he sang with the Wiesbaden Royal Opera, Vienna Imperial Opera, Berlin City Opera, Met, and Berlin State Opera. He was actor Hermann Braun's father. In 1932 he joined the Nazi Party....
was a famous opera singer, his mother Gertrude Botz was a stage actress at the Lübeck Theater, and his sister Anne-Mary Braun was also an actress.
Filmography
- Kleine Mädchen - große Sorgen (1941)
- Kampfgeschwader Lützow (1941)
- Der Fuchs von Glenarvon, (1940)
- Verwandte sind auch Menschen (1940)
- D III 88: The New German Air Force Attacks (1939)
- Jugend (1938)
- Die Fromme Lüge (1938)
- Was tun, Sybille? (1938)
- Ritt in die Freiheit (1937)
- The Dreamer (1936)
- Achte mir auf Gakeki (1935)
- Punks Arrives from America (1935)
- Ferien vom Ich (1934)
- Der Jäger aus Kurpfalz (1933)
- Our Flags Lead Us Forward (1933)