''Love in the Ring'' (german: Liebe im Ring) is a 1930 German
sports film
A sports film is a film genre in which any particular sport plays a prominent role in the film's plot or acts as its central theme. It is a production in which a sport, sporting event, athlete (and their sport), or follower of sport (and the spor ...
directed by
Reinhold Schünzel
Reinhold Schünzel (7 November 1888 – 11 November 1954) was a German actor and director, active in both Germany and the United States. The son of a German father and a Jewish mother, he was born in St. Pauli, the poorest part of Hamburg. Despite ...
and starring
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 ...
,
Renate Müller
Renate Müller (26 April 1906 – 7 October 1937) was a German singer and actress in both silent films and sound films, as well as on stage.
One of the most successful actresses in German films from the early 1930s, she was courted by the N ...
, and
Olga Tschechowa
Olga Konstantinovna Chekhova (; russian: Ольга Константиновна Чехова; 14 April 1897 – 9 March 1980), known in Germany as Olga Tschechowa, was a Russian-German actress. Her film roles include the female lead in Alfred ...
.
[Waldman p. 160] Schmeling was a leading German
boxer Boxer most commonly refers to:
* Boxer (boxing), a competitor in the sport of boxing
*Boxer (dog), a breed of dog
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Animal kingdom
* Boxer crab
* Boxer shrimp, a small group of decapod crustaceans
* Boxer snipe ee ...
of the 1930s, and the film attempted to capitalise on this. Schmeling later appeared in another boxing-themed film in ''
Knockout
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'' (1935).
It was originally planned as a
silent film
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, but
sound
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In human physiology and psychology, sound is the ''reception'' of such waves and their ''perception'' by the ...
was soon added as it became clear that silents were now unmarketable. The film's sets were designed by the
art director
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It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ...
s
Otto Erdmann and
Hans Sohnle
Hans Sohnle (17 September 1895 – 24 March 1976) was a German art director.Chandler p.270 He frequently collaborated with Otto Erdmann on set designs.
Selected filmography
* ''The Loves of Käthe Keller'' (1919)
* '' The Woman in Doctor's Garb ...
. Some of the film was shot at the
Berlin Sportpalast
Berlin Sportpalast (; built 1910, demolished 1973) was a multi-purpose indoor arena located in the Schöneberg section of Berlin, Germany. Depending on the type of event and seating configuration, the Sportpalast could hold up to 14,000 people a ...
.
Cast
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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 ...
as Max - Sohn der Obsthänderlin / Son of the Fruit seller
*
Renate Müller
Renate Müller (26 April 1906 – 7 October 1937) was a German singer and actress in both silent films and sound films, as well as on stage.
One of the most successful actresses in German films from the early 1930s, she was courted by the N ...
as Hilde - Tochter des Fischhändlers / The Fish seller's daughter
*
Olga Tschechowa
Olga Konstantinovna Chekhova (; russian: Ольга Константиновна Чехова; 14 April 1897 – 9 March 1980), known in Germany as Olga Tschechowa, was a Russian-German actress. Her film roles include the female lead in Alfred ...
as Lilian
*
Frida Richard
Frida Richard (born Friederike Raithel, 1 November 1873 – 12 September 1946) was an Austrian actress.
Selected filmography
* ''The Sin of Helga Arndt'' (1916)
* '' The Queen's Love Letter'' (1916)
* '' The Marriage of Luise Rohrbach'' (1917)
* ...
as Maxs Mutter / Obsthändlerin / Fruit seller
*
Rudolf Biebrach
Rudolf Biebrach (24 November 1866 – 5 September 1938) was a German actor and film director. He directed over 70 films between 1909 and 1930; and he appeared as an actor in nearly 110 films between 1909 and 1938. In his youth, Biebrach had worke ...
as Fischhändler / Fish seller
*
Kurt Gerron
Kurt Gerron (11 May 1897 – 28 October 1944) was a German History of the Jews in Germany, Jewish actor and film director. He and his wife, Olga were murdered in the Holocaust.
Life
Born Kurt Gerson into a well-off merchant family in Berlin, he ...
as Max's Manager
*
Max Machon
Max or MAX may refer to:
Animals
* Max (dog) (1983–2013), at one time purported to be the world's oldest living dog
* Max (English Springer Spaniel), the first pet dog to win the PDSA Order of Merit (animal equivalent of OBE)
* Max (gorilla) (1 ...
as Erster Trainer
*
Hugo Fischer-Köppe
Hugo Fischer-Köppe (13 February 1890, in Bielefeld – 31 December 1937, in Berlin) was an early German film actor.
Fischer-Köppe entered film in 1917 and appeared in some 80 different films between 1913 and his premature death in 1937 in films ...
as Zweiter Trainer
*
Julius Falkenstein
Julius Falkenstein (25 February 1879 – 9 December 1933) was a German stage and film actor of the silent era. He appeared in more than 180 films between 1914 and 1933. Falkenstein was Jewish, but secured a special permit to continue making ...
as Ein Lebemann / A Bon-Vivant
*
Yvette Darnys
Yvette is female given name, the French feminine form of Yves, which means yew or archer in some cases.
Name days
*Czech Republic: ''7 June''
*Hungary: ''13 January'', ''6 May'' and ''29 June''
*Poland: ''13 January''
*Slovakia: ''27 May''
...
*
Arthur Duarte
Arthur Duarte (1895–1982) was a Portuguese actor, screenwriter, production designer and film director.
Selected filmography
* ''Carmen'' (1926)
* ''The Republic of Flappers'' (1928)
* '' Because I Love You'' (1928)
* ''Ludwig II, King of Bava ...
*
Emil Heyse
Emil or Emile may refer to:
Literature
*''Emile, or On Education'' (1762), a treatise on education by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
* ''Émile'' (novel) (1827), an autobiographical novel based on Émile de Girardin's early life
*''Emil and the Detective ...
*
Heinrich Gotho
Heinrich Gotho (May 3, 1872 – August 28, 1938) was an Austrian film actor. Born in Dolina (now in Ukraine), he started his acting career at some provincial theatres until he found an engagement at the Neues Volkstheater in Berlin. The charact ...
*
José Santa
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as Selbst / Himself
*
Harry Stein as Selbst / Himself
*
Paul Noack as Selbst / Himself
*
Fritz Rolauf as Selbst / Himself
*
Hermann Herse as Selbst / Himself
*
Egon Stief
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as Selbst / Himself
*
Felix Friedemann as Selbst / Himself
* Erich Kohler as Selbst / Himself
*
Paul Samson-Körner
Paul Samson-Körner (13 November 1887 – 25 August 1942) was a German heavyweight boxer. After retiring he became a stage and film actor.Lyon p.51
Selected filmography
* ''Annemarie and Her Cavalryman'' (1926)
* '' The Duty to Remain Silent' ...
as Unbestimmte Rolle / Undetermined Role
*
Reinhold Schünzel
Reinhold Schünzel (7 November 1888 – 11 November 1954) was a German actor and director, active in both Germany and the United States. The son of a German father and a Jewish mother, he was born in St. Pauli, the poorest part of Hamburg. Despite ...
as Unbestimmte Rolle / Undetermined Role
References
Bibliography
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External links
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1930 films
Films of the Weimar Republic
German boxing films
1930s sports films
1930s German-language films
Films directed by Reinhold Schünzel
Terra Film films
German black-and-white films
1930s German films
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