Ringkämpfer (1895)
2/10
Weaker fight film from 1895
12 October 2013
Warning: Spoilers
The only thing this film is remotely worth watching for is the final wrestling move by one of the two fighters. Action's okay for 25 seconds and the two wear nothing but short sports underwear 19th century style. I don't know who Greiner is, but Eugen Sandow was portrayed in quite a few early short films, almost a bit of a movie star back then: the 19th century Schwarzenegger.

Nonetehelss it's one of the weaker early films by my country's first filmmakers Emil Skladanowsky and Max Skladanowsky. I wouldn't really recommend it as there's a couple better boxing films from the English speaking parts of the world from that time. Or maybe watch the brothers' "Wintergartenprogramm" as a whole as it includes this one and some of their better works like the one with the serpentine dancer.
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