Alfred Braun was born on May 3, 1888 in Berlin, Germany as Alfred Johann Braun. He was an actor and director, known for Augen der Liebe (1951), Pole Poppenspaeler (1945) and Die göttliche Jette (1961). He died on January 3, 1978 in West Berlin, West Germany.
His career was interrupted by the seizure of power of the National Socialists and he even was arrested for a short time. Although he was able to go to Switzerland after his release he returned to Germany in 1941 and was able to continue his career which was also lasting after the war - especially as a movie and radio play director.
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The enormous popularity of Alfred Braun can best be proportioned by a survey at the end of the 20's. He was mentioned as most-known German behind Hindenburg.
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Alfred Braun achieved his greatest popularity as a broadcasting pioneer. On October 29, 1923 the first official entertainment program was broadcasted and Alfred Braun worked as an announcer and later as a director too. Especially his live reports to Gustav Stresemann's burial and to Thomas Mann's Nobel Prize award made him very popular in Germany.
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Due to his association with Weimar politics, he was arrested by the Gestapo, placed in 'protective custody' and spent six weeks interned at Oranienburg concentration camp in 1933. He subsequently emigrated to Switzerland, but returned to Germany in 1939. Having apparently arrived at an arrangement with the Nazi regime, he worked on several propaganda films as a screenwriter, notably collaborating with Veit Harlan.
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A broadcasting pioneer, as reporter, commentator and director of Funk-Stunde Berlin in 1924, the first radio station in Germany. In 1954, he was appointed first director of Sender Freies Berlin, a position he occupied until 1958.
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A student of Max Reinhardt and first on the stage in 1907 at the Berlin Schillertheater..
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Joined an ancient Prussian lodge of the Freemasons in 1923.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Hunderttausend Taler
1963
TV Movie
Vater Strehlow
Dr. Mabuse vs. Scotland Yard
1963
Ave Maria
1953
Komm zurück...
1953
Vokrodt
Wenn die Abendglocken läuten
1951
Primanerinnen
1951
Herr Lullus
Die Treppe
1950
Kriminalkommissar
Anonyme Briefe
1949
Dr. Maurin
Chemie und Liebe
1948
Narrator
Große Freiheit Nr. 7
1944
Rundfunkreporter
The Gala Performance
1932
Alfred Braun, der rasende Reporter
Dann schon lieber Lebertran
1931
Short
Saint Peter
Tingel-Tangel
1930
Flachsmann als Erzieher
1930
Jan Flemming
Funkzauber
1927
Sprecher des Berliner Rundfunks
Die Bacchantin
1924
Rosenmontag
1924
Das sonnige Märchen vom Glück
1924
Dr. Ing. Waldemar Hassenstein
Die Spieler
1920
Stöckel
Der Sohn der Magd
1919
Das Leid der Liebe
1916
Jugendstürme - Ein Offizersroman
1912
Short
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
Hunderttausend Taler
1963
TV Movie
Die göttliche Jette
1961
TV Movie
Morgen wirst du um mich weinen
1959
Schwarze Nylons - Heiße Nächte
1958
Stresemann
1957
Michael Kramer
1955
TV Movie
Gefährtin
1954
TV Movie
Ave Maria
1953
Komm zurück...
1953
Tausend rote Rosen blüh'n
1952
Wenn die Abendglocken läuten
1951
Augen der Liebe
1951
Eine seltene Geliebte
1950
Die Treppe
1950
Girls Behind Bars
1949
Pole Poppenspaeler
1945
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Ein Spiel von den heiligen drei Königen
1967
TV Short teleplay
Der Tod eines Doppelgängers
1967
idea
30. Januar 1945
1965
Die göttliche Jette
1961
TV Movie
Das Seepferdchen
1957
TV Movie adaptation
Augen der Liebe
1951
Kolberg
1945
book
Pole Poppenspaeler
1945
Opfergang
1944
Immensee - Ein deutsches Volkslied
1943
screenplay
Die goldene Stadt
1942
screenplay
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Die Treppe
1950
producer
Die Spieler
1920
supervising producer
Assistant Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
Jud Süß
1940
assistant director
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
Die große Sehnsucht
1930
radio operator
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Himmelstürmer. Geburt und Geschichte des Fliegens.
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