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]

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 (1935-03-01)
Running time	83 minutes
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 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