Director:
Steve JamesGuión:
Jason HorwitchCámara:
Bill ButlerMúsica:
Jeff BealReparto:
Leonard Roberts, Til Schweiger, Peta Wilson, Richard Roundtree, David Paymer, Bruce Weitz, Siena Goines, August Zirner, Joachim Paul Assböck, Jeff Caster (más)Sinopsis(1)
The year is 1936. America has fast become one of the world's most powerful nations on the platform of freedom and equality for all people. On the other side of the Atlantic, Hitler's Third Reich is steadily taking hold, systematically setting the stage for Aryan supremacy. Meanwhile, Joe Lewis (Leonard Roberts) - an up-and-coming prizefighter from Harlem, New York - fights for his slice of the American dream: to become boxing's heavyweight champion. Standing in his way is German champ, Max Schmeling (Til Schweiger). Despite Schmeling's liberal and pacifist views, he is heralded by the Nazis as the perfect specimen of the perfect race. The world watched as their bouts took on epic proportions, but outside of public view, they forged a friendship that would transcend enemy lines. (texto oficial de la distribuidora)
(más)Reseñas (2)
Although it is a typical TV show (the effects, direction, music, all sort of TV style), it is excellent, especially thanks to the great acting performance of Til Schweiger and a truly top-notch story in which the typical boxing film scheme is combined with a dramatic political plane, and where the small worlds of friends Max Schmeling and Joe Louis are constantly confronted with their implied mythology by national ideologies. The tumultuous period of the late 1930s offers a truly vivid background for excellent drama, but the film could really use more space for the psychology of both rivals. Even so, Joe and Max is an extraordinarily impressive and interesting story of two small particles in a storm of world history.
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Although this is not a very bombastic production, there are a lot of facts that make me willing to go all out. In terms of the film itself, the music here is excellent, and the soundtrack is very listenable even without the visual perception. The set design is very decent and Til Schweiger is perfect. And of course, the most important Czech actress and producer whose fame resonated throughout Europe, Anny Ondra, is remembered here. True, Peta Wilson wasn't really up to the task of playing her, and it's unforgivable that she's taller than Til. ;) But on the other hand, Jenn Sky was not available, and when her role had to be narrowed down to that of a wife, Peta gave it her best. In the areas wherein people had no idea that Max had a partner, the situation in terms of information improved a lot, and that is important. Now it is time to bring Anny out of the shadow of the battle for everything - the battle between Germany and America. The damage done by the first sloppy Max and Joe movie, Ring of Passion with Britt Ekland, was partially repaired. Let's see if the third film, Max Schmeling - Fist of the Reich with Susanne Wuest, goes any further.
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