Love in the Ring

Love in the Ring

1930 · 81 min · ★ 6.5 · Drama

Originally Liebe in Ring, this German part-talkie is a generally agreeable effort to transform heavyweight boxing champ Max Schmeling into a movie star. It's the old saw about an up-and-coming pugilist who ignores his loyal girlfriend in favor of a wealthy adventuress. His new romance nearly wrecks the hero's career, but with the help of his friends -- and of course, his real sweetheart -- he makes a spectacular comeback. The final scenes show Schmeling and his new bride heading for America, which was evidently Mecca so far as pre-Hitlerian German filmmakers were concerned. Max Schmeling's leading lady in Love in the Ring is Olga Tschechowa; in real life, he married the equally popular actress Anny Ondra

Directed by Reinhold Schünzel · Written by Fritz Rotter

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Max Schmeling Max
Renate Müller Hilde
Olga Tschechowa Lilian
Kurt Gerron Box-Manager
Frida Richard Maxs Mutter / Obsthändlerin / Fruit Peddler

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