- Peter Paul Brauer was born on May 16, 1899 in Elberfeld, Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He was a producer and production manager, known for Der Erlkönig (1931), Ich bin gleich wieder da (1939) and Das Verlegenheitskind (1938). He died on April 28, 1959 in Berlin-Schlachtensee, Germany.
- After 1938, he directed a number of feature films, mostly comedies.
- He returned to Germany in 1928 and, over several years, produced several short films.
- 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.
- After the takeover of the Nazis in March 1933, Brauer was production manager at the UFA.
- Between April 1939 and November 1940 Brauer was production chief of Terra Film.
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