Biography
Maximilian Adolph Otto Siegfried Schmeling (28 September 1905 – 2 February 2005) was a German boxer who was heavyweight champion of the world between 1930 and 1932. His two fights with Joe Louis in 1936 and 1938 were worldwide cultural events because of their national associations. Schmeling is the only boxer to win the world heavyweight championship on a foul. Starting his professional career in 1924, Schmeling went to the United States in 1928 and, after a ninth-round technical knockout of Jo...
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Complete Filmography
Les Champions d'Hitler
2016
as Self
In the three years leading up to the Olympics, the Nazi regime saw sport as an invaluable mobilisation and propaganda tool to motivate the `master rac...
Hitler's Forgotten Victims
1997
as Self (achive footage)
The story of black and mixed race people in Nazi Germany who were sterilised, experimented upon, tortured and exterminated in the Nazi concentration c...
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
as Self (archive footage)
Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American entertainment industry during the Great Depression.
a.k.a. Cassius Clay
1970
as Self (archive footage)
The study of crazy brilliance and flamboyant sincerity. a.k.a. Cassius Clay presents a fascinating look at the incredible life and achievements of one...
The Zurich Engagement
1957
as Himself
Juliane Thomas is an ambitious but unemployed young writer. After breaking up with her lover she works at a dentist friend to make ends meet. One day ...
Keine Angst vor großen Tieren
1953
as Zuschauer
The Century Is Fifty
1950
as Self
As the title of this French documentary indicates, Ce Siecle a 50 Ans examines the 20th Century at its halfway point. Utilizing the archives of severa...
The Big Game
1942
A player on a soccer team, where everyone matches together just perfectly, has fallen out of a championship tournament due to illness; which leads to ...
Why We Fight: Prelude to War
1942
as Self - German paratrooper (archive footage)
Prelude to War was the first film of Frank Capra's Why We Fight propaganda film series, commissioned by the Pentagon and George C. Marshall. It was ma...
The Stars Shine
1938
as Gast
German all-star musical from 1938 that was a big commercial success.
Great International Heavyweight Boxing Contest Between Joe Louis and Max Schmeling
1936
as Self
The theatrical release of the heavyweight boxing contest between Joe Louis and Max Schmeling.
Knockout – Ein junges Mädchen, ein junger Mann
1935
as Max Breuer
Love in the Ring
1930
as Max