Love in the Ring

Love in the Ring — Plot

Originally Liebe in Ring, this German part-talkie is a generally agreeable effort to transform heavyweight boxing champ Max Schmeling into a movie star. It's the old saw about an up-and-coming pugilist who ignores his loyal girlfriend in favor of a wealthy adventuress. His new romance nearly wrecks the hero's career, but with the help of his friends -- and of course, his real sweetheart -- he makes a spectacular comeback. The final scenes show Schmeling and his new bride heading for America, which was evidently Mecca so far as pre-Hitlerian German filmmakers were concerned. Max Schmeling's leading lady in Love in the Ring is Olga Tschechowa; in real life, he married the equally popular actress Anny Ondra

• Release date
• March 17, 1930
• Runtime
• 81 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Reinhold Schünzel

Love in the Ring — Cast

Max Schmeling Max Renate Müller Hilde Olga Tschechowa Lilian Kurt Gerron Box-Manager Frida Richard Maxs Mutter / Obsthändlerin / Fruit Peddler