
Pomeranian (NE German) boxer Max Schmelling, a fair, courageous gentleman, becomes world champion and a national hero in the early 1930s, winning the hand of singer Anny Ondra. Just for loosing against younger, fitter colored American Joe Louis, the Nazi regime lifts Max's privileges and sends him to the front, hoping he'll be killed in action. Yet he survives the conquest of Crete and by freeing a British prisoner unwittingly saves his own skin when after the Soviet conquest... (Full plot summary below)
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Pomeranian (NE German) boxer Max Schmelling, a fair, courageous gentleman, becomes world champion and a national hero in the early 1930s, winning the hand of singer Anny Ondra. Just for loosing against younger, fitter colored American Joe Louis, the Nazi regime lifts Max's privileges and sends him to the front, hoping he'll be killed in action. Yet he survives the conquest of Crete and by freeing a British prisoner unwittingly saves his own skin when after the Soviet conquest of his home region, Max is nearly taken PoW. He starts all over, although rather too old, with remarkable results.
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| User ReviewJean-Pol CMy opinion-. This film traces the life of the legendary German boxer Max Schmeling, a German boxer born on 28 September 1905 in Klein Luckow (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania) and died on 2 February 2005 in Wenzendorf (Lower Saxony). He was world heavyweight champion between 1930 and 1932 and will be making himself the first European heavyweight champion of the world. On June 12, 1930, after beating the American Jack Sharkey. Schmeling lost his title to points against Sharkey two years later, in 1932, but later beat the all-time African American champion Joe Louis on June 6, 1936, knocked down on the fourth and then KO in the 12th round . During the rematch organized on 22 June 1938, Louis wins by technical knockout in the 1st round. Max Schmeling later said: "After this defeat, I no longer existed for Hitler, my name had disappeared from the newspapers. Schmeling had then become the shame of Nazi Germany, and Hitler felt humiliated by this defeat in the face of a black man, repudiating him and sending him to battle on the front where he would do everything possible to survive. The production of the film by Uwe Boll is perfect and the film is even better thanks to the exceptional interpretation of Henry Maske. I loved this movie and I think it's really a movie to see or review. |
| User ReviewThomas A"Max Schmeling" is a decent movie on one of the most admirable German athletes of all time. He had to live through the Nazi regime, but the fact remained that he was never sympathetic to the Nazi cause. This movie showed his life as it was: little dramatization, and sole focus on his life story. The only drawback is the fact that nearly the entire duration of the movie is told in terms of flashback...it could have been better if it was told in "present" time of the plot itself. |
| User ReviewDon SAn interesting look at the life of Max Schmeling, Germany's boxing champion from the 1930's. The movie is too long but it is entertaining and informative. Max was a good man with a good heart, unfortunately being used as propaganda by the Nazis. I really liked it. |
| User ReviewAlex rUwe Boll has the reputation of being the worst director that has ever directed a film. But on the rare occasion, he can actually make something quite entertaining and good. This is the case with this film. Although nothing great, Max Schmeling is a good film considering who directed it. The story is engaging and it is a fine little low budget film that you never would have guessed that it was directed by Boll. For fans of boxing, this is a good enough film to view, and it shouldn't be avoided just because it was directed by Uwe Boll. I found this to be one of the more entertaining and worthwhile of his films, and he is able to make good films when he uses his own ideas to tell a story. Where the film is a bit predictable is that, this is your typical sports film, using a similar formula from the genre, and in a way you know how it's going to get. For what it is, it's an entertaining affair, and there are some good performances here, and like I said, you can clearly forget that the film was directed by Boll, because this is a pleasant treat worth seeing. Granted, viewers may be skeptical about seeing this film due to the fact that Boll lensed the film, but go into this one knowing that it is one of his better movies. With that being said, I always thought Boll was a hit and miss director, he missed more times than he hit, but on the rare occasion, he can make something watchable. Although, nothing ever too original, Max Schmeling worth seeing if you enjoy low budget affair, and maybe at the same time, you'll forget who directed this, and see it as it was supposed to be, a good biopic on a legendary boxer that is entertaining for what it tries to do. |
| User ReviewNate ZBon film sur l'histoire du boxeur Max Schmeling et principalement sur le combat contre Joe Louis. Bonne prestation de Henry Maske. Evidemment , vu que le film est fais par Uwe Boll c'est loin d'être parfait mais c'est tout de même bien réalisé |