Knockout (1935)

1935 film by Karel Lamač, Hans Heinz Zerlett

Released

1 March 1935

Country

Germany

Language

German

Genre

Boxing film

Director

Karel Lamač, Hans Heinz Zerlett

Screenplay

Hans Heinz Zerlett

Music

Leo Leux

Cinematography

Otto Heller

Editing

Ella Ensink

Starring

Anny Ondra, Edith Meinhard, Fritz Odemar, Annie Markart, Hans Richter, Otto Wernicke, Wilhelm Bendow, Karl Platen

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.

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.

Cast

• Anny Ondra
• Edith Meinhard
• Fritz Odemar
• Annie Markart
• Hans Richter
• Otto Wernicke
• Wilhelm Bendow
• Karl Platen
• Josef Eichheim
• Max Schreck
• Isa Vermehren
• Beppo Brem
• O. E. Hasse
• Ernst Rotmund
• Max Schmeling

External links

• Wikipedia
• IMDb
• TMDb
• Wikidata

Facts from Wikidata Q19874955 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.