Love in the Ring (1930)

Original title

Liebe im Ring

Directed by

Reinhold Schünzel

Genre

drama film, boxing film

Country

Germany

Runtime

1h 21m

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A famous boxer stars as himself in a story about love and fighting. The plot follows a young boxer who must balance his career with romance. It was filmed partly in a real arena.

sentimentalenergeticdatedmelodramaticsports-focusedlightheartedearnest

What happens

Love in the Ring (German: Liebe im Ring) is a 1930 German sports film directed by Reinhold Schünzel and starring Max Schmeling, Renate Müller, and Olga Chekhova. Schmeling was a leading German boxer of the 1930s, and the film attempted to capitalise on this. Schmeling later appeared in another boxing-themed film in Knockout (1935). It was originally planned as a silent film, but sound was soon added as it became clear that silents were now unmarketable. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Otto Erdmann and Hans Sohnle. Some of the film was shot at the Berlin Sportpalast. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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