''The Boxer's Bride'' (german: Die Boxerbraut) is a 1926 German
silent 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 s ...
directed by
Johannes Guter
Johannes Guter (born Jānis Gūters; 25 April 1882 – 18 March 1962) was a Latvians, Latvian-born German filmmaker, screenwriter, and occasional film producer. Although most of his work is now lost, he is considered a pioneer of German silent cin ...
and starring
Xenia Desni
Xenia Desni ( Ukrainian: Ксенія Десні; 19 January 1894 – 27 May 1962) was a Ukrainian silent screen era actress who predominantly appeared in German films.
Early life
Densi was born Ksenia Desnytska in Kyiv, Ukraine. She and her fam ...
,
Willy Fritsch
Willy Fritsch (27 January 1901 – 13 July 1973) was a German theater and film actor, a popular leading man and character actor from the silent-film era to the early 1960s.
Biography Early life
He was born Wilhelm Egon Fritz Fritsch, the only s ...
and
Hermann Picha
Hermann Picha (20 March 1865 – 7 June 1936) was a German stage and film actor. Picha was extremely prolific, appearing in over 300 short and feature films during the silent and early sound eras. Picha played a mixture of lead and supporting ...
.
[Bock & Bergfelder p. 134]
The film's sets were designed by the
art director Erich Czerwonski
Erich Czerwonski (1889–1940) was a German art director.Kreimeier p.73 He designed the sets for around a hundred productions during his career. He died in 1940 after being struck by a train during a blackout.
Filmography
* '' The Black Panther ...
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Cast
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1926 films
1920s sports films
German sports films
Films of the Weimar Republic
German silent feature films
Films directed by Johannes Guter
UFA GmbH films
German black-and-white films
Films produced by Erich Pommer
1920s German films
1920s German-language films
Silent sports films
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