Knockout (1935 film)
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] After impressing a boxing trainer during a brawl over a woman, a young man is recruited and trained to be a boxer. He fights and defeats the British champion.
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| Written by | Hans H. Zerlett |
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| Music by | Leo Leux |
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| Edited by | Ella Ensink |
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| Distributed by | Bavaria Film |
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| Country | Germany |
| Language | German |
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's sets were designed by the art directors Wilhelm Depenau and Erich Zander.
Cast
- Anny Ondra as Marianne Plümke
- Max Schmeling as Max Breuer
- Hans Schönrath as Hawkins, Boxer
- Edith Meinhard as Fräulein Melitta
- Fritz Odemar as Der Theaterdirektor
- Anni Markart as Camilla
- Hans Richter as Josef, Hilfsbeleuchter
- 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 Der Boxer Hütgen
- Max Schreck as Leiter der Künstleragentur
- Isa Vermehren as Die Hamburger Sängerin
- 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
- Bock & Bergfelder p. 347
Bibliography
- Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York: Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-57181-655-9.
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