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Knockout (1935 film)

Knockout
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GermanKnockout – Ein Junges Mädchen, ein Junger Mann
Directed byCarl Lamac
Hans H. Zerlett
Written byHans H. Zerlett
Produced by
  • Artur Hohenberg
  • Carl Lamac
  • Anny Ondra
Starring
Cinematography
Edited byElla Ensink
Music byLeo Leux
Production
companies
Ondra-Lamac-Film
Bavaria Film
Distributed byBavaria Film
Release date
  • 1 March 1935 (1935-03-01)
Running time
83 minutes
CountryGermany
LanguageGerman

Knockout (German: Knockout – Ein Junges Mädchen, ein Junger Mann) is a 1935 German sports film directed by Carl Lamac and Hans H. Zerlett and starring Anny Ondra, Max Schmeling, and Hans Schönrath.[1]

Schmeling was a leading international boxer, and the film was an attempt to capitalize on his fame. Schmeling and Ondra, who plays the romantic love interest, were married in real life. The film was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich. Its sets were designed by the art directors Wilhelm Depenau and Erich Zander.

Plot

After impressing a boxing trainer during a brawl over a woman, a young man is recruited and trained to be a boxer. He goes on to fight and defeat the British champion.

Cast

References

  1. ^ Hake, Sabine (2009). Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim (eds.). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York, NY: Berghahn Books. p. 347. doi:10.2307/j.ctt1x76dm6. ISBN 978-1571816559. JSTOR j.ctt1x76dm6. S2CID 252868046.