''Knockout'' (german: Knockout – Ein Junges Mädchen, ein Junger Mann) is a 1935 German sports film directed by

Carl Lamac Carl may refer to: *Carl, Georgia, city in USA *Carl, West Virginia, an unincorporated community *Carl (name), includes info about the name, variations of the name, and a list of people with the name *Carl², a TV series * "Carl", List of Aqua Teen ...

and

Hans H. Zerlett Hans Heinz Zerlett (17 October 1892 – 6 July 1949) was a German screenwriter and film director. Life Hans H. Zerlett was the son of a musical director and the brother of the screenwriter Walter Zerlett-Olfenius.Ernst Klee: ''Das Kulturlexikon ...

and starring Anny Ondra,

Max Schmeling Maximilian Adolph Otto Siegfried Schmeling (, ; 28 September 1905 – 2 February 2005) was a German boxing, boxer who was heavyweight champion of the world between 1930 and 1932. His two fights with Joe Louis in 1936 and 1938 were worldwide cul ...

, and

Hans Schönrath Hans Schönrath (8 November 1902 – 10 February 1945) was a German boxer who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics. He was born in Gronau and died near Pillau. He was drowned when the hospital ship SS ''General von Steuben'' sunk during Worl ...

. 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. 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. It was shot at the

Bavaria Studios Bavaria Studios are film production studios located in Munich, the capital of the region of Bavaria in Germany, and a subsidiary of Bavaria Film. History The studios were constructed in the suburb of Geiselgasteig in 1919 shortly after the Firs ...

Munich Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the States of Germany, German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the List of cities in Germany by popu ...

. The film's sets were designed by the

art director Art director is the title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, film industry, film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ...

Wilhelm Depenau Wilhelm Depenau (1884-1952) was a German art director.Reid p.99 Selected filmography * ''The Most Beautiful Woman in the World'' (1924) * ''Come Back, All Is Forgiven'' (1929) * ''Viennese Waltz'' (1932) * ''The Love Hotel'' (1933) * '' The Doub ...

and

Erich Zander Erich Zander (11 April 1905 – 15 April 1991) was a German field hockey player who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics and in the 1936 Summer Olympics. In 1928 he was a member of the German field hockey team, which won the bronze medal ...

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* German boxing films 1930s sports films Films directed by Hans H. Zerlett Films directed by Karel Lamač Films of Nazi Germany German black-and-white films Films shot at Bavaria Studios 1930s German films {{1930s-Germany-film-stub