Knockout (1935 film)
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| German | Knockout – Ein Junges Mädchen, ein Junger Mann |
| Directed by | Carl Lamac Hans H. Zerlett |
| Written by | Hans H. Zerlett |
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| Edited by | Ella Ensink |
| Music by | Leo Leux |
Production companies | Ondra-Lamac-Film Bavaria Film |
| Distributed by | Bavaria Film |
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Running time | 83 minutes |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | German |
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
- Anny Ondra as Marianne Plümke
- Max Schmeling as Max Breuer
- Hans Schönrath as Hawkins, Boxer
- Edith Meinhard as Fräulein Melitta
- Fritz Odemar as Theater director
- Anni Markart as Camilla
- Hans Richter as Josef, auxiliary illuminator
- Otto Wernicke as P. F. Schmidtchen
- Wilhelm Bendow as Der Assistant
- Karl Platen as Der Inspizient
- Hermann Meyer-Falkow as Der Trainer
- Josef Eichheim as Der Mann, der seinen Hut aufißt
- Paul Samson-Körner as Boxer Hütgen
- Max Schreck as head of the Artist Agency
- Isa Vermehren as singer from Hamburg
- Annie Ann
- Lilian Bergo
- Cornelius Booth
- Beppo Brem
- O. E. Hasse
- Manfred Matwin
- Charlotte Radspieler
- Rosi Rauch as Singer
- Ernst Rotmund
- Karl Schopp
- Egon Stief
References
- ^ 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.
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