Lasse Braun
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Lasse Braun (born in Algiers, Algeria) is an Italian director, labelled as the Legendary King of Modern Pornography, who produced films with the motto Style in Pornography. He claims to have lost his virginity at age 8, with a 9-year-old Italian girl in the attic of his house.
He was the son of a diplomat, and attended law school. His doctoral dissertation, Judiciary Censorship in the Western World provoked controversy, and was promptly censored.
He was active in directing from 1961 to 1977, retiring on June 1977.
He is the father of director Axel Braun.
[edit] Partial filmography
- Night and Day
- Possession
- Sensations
- Sin Dreamer
- Desire
- French Blue
- Body Love (music by Klaus Schulze)
He appeared as himself in the 2001 TV movie Ich der King of Porn... Das abenteuerliche Leben des Lasse Braun (Me as the King of Porn... The Adventurous Life of Lasse Braun).
[edit] Quotes
- "I believe pornography is at the center of the biggest cultural revolution of our century."
