Hermann Braun

Hermann Braun (1 November 1918 - 18 January 1945) was a German, American-born, motion-picture actor, and the son of chamber singer Carl Braun.

Biography

New York-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). 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.

Family

Braun descended from an artistic family. His father Carl Braun 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)

External links

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* [http://www.hermannbraun.de.vu/ Hermann Braun] de icon
* [http://film.virtual-history.com/person.php?personid=5669 Photographs of Hermann Braun]