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Peter Paul Brauer (16 May 1899, in Elberfeld – 28 April 1959, in Berlin) 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. After 1938, he directed a number of feature films, mostly comedies.
Between April 1939 and November 1940 Brauer was production chief of Terra Film. At the beginning of 1940, Brauer was assigned by Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels to produce the anti-Semitic film Jud Süß (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.[1]
In the 1940s, Brauer concentrated on directing and collaborated on some screenplays. Brauer was a member of the Nazi Party.[2]
- ^ Reeves, Nicholas (1 March 2004). The power of film propaganda: myth or reality?. Continuum International Publishing Group. p. 113. ISBN 978-0-8264-7390-5. Retrieved 12 December 2011.
- ^ Janine Diedrich, Heinz Rühmann: Karrierist und Opportunist oder Gegner des Nationalsozialismus, GRIN Verlag, 2007, p. 14