Knockout (1935 film)

Knockout
Knockout
	DVD cover
German	Knockout – Ein Junges Mädchen, ein Junger Mann
Directed by	Carl Lamac; Hans H. Zerlett
Written by	Hans H. Zerlett
Produced by	Artur Hohenberg; Carl Lamac; Anny Ondra;
Starring	Anny Ondra; Max Schmeling; Hans Schönrath;
Cinematography	Otto Heller; Gustl A. Weiss; Ludwig Zahn;
Edited by	Ella Ensink
Music by	Leo Leux
Production; companies	Ondra-Lamac-Film; Bavaria Film
Distributed by	Bavaria Film
Release date	1 March 1935;
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.

External links

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Knockout at AllMovie

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[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.

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