Directed by:
Steve JamesScreenplay:
Jason HorwitchCinematography:
Bill ButlerComposer:
Jeff BealCast:
Leonard Roberts, Til Schweiger, Peta Wilson, Richard Roundtree, David Paymer, Bruce Weitz, Siena Goines, August Zirner, Joachim Paul Assböck, Jeff Caster (more)Plots(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. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Leonard Roberts](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274641_5d747c.jpg)
Leonard Roberts
USA
Best movies:
American Sniper (2014)
He Got Game (1998)
Savages (2012)
![Til Schweiger](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/167/348/167348931_fd1cdf.jpg)
Til Schweiger
West Germany
Best movies:
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
Paradis Express (1997)
Head Full of Honey (2014)
![Peta Wilson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/329/164329238_96ca35.jpg)
Peta Wilson
Australia
Best movies:
Gardens of the Night (2008)
Joe and Max (2002) (TV movie)
Superman Returns (2006)
![Richard Roundtree](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271750_717a15.jpg)
Richard Roundtree
USA
Best movies:
Se7en (1995)
Roots (1977) (series)
Man Friday (1975)
![David Paymer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270506_e4c56c.jpg)
David Paymer
USA
Best movies:
Payback: Straight Up (2006)
Payback (1999)
Into the West (2005) (series)
![Bruce Weitz](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/391/161391319_689e65.jpg)
Bruce Weitz
USA
Best movies:
Columbo (1971) (series)
Breaking the Surface: The Greg Louganis Story (1997) (TV movie)
Joe and Max (2002) (TV movie)
![Siena Goines](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/277/277998_65638f.jpg)
Siena Goines
USA
Best movies:
Joe and Max (2002) (TV movie)
Restaurant (1998)
The 40 Year-Old Virgin (2005)
![August Zirner](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/143/058/143058474_a68d19.jpg)
August Zirner
USA
Best movies:
Das Wunder von Wörgl (2018) (TV movie)
Voyager (1991)
Colonia (2015)
![Joachim Paul Assböck](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/909/159909700_551e46.jpg)
Joachim Paul Assböck
West Germany
Best movies:
Schindler's List (1993)
The Pianist (2002)
The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)
Jeff Caster
USA
Best movies:
Anne Frank: The Whole Story (2001) (TV movie)
Running Scared (2006)
Luther (2003)
![Daniel Hugh Kelly](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/469/161469481_8b47aa.jpg)
Daniel Hugh Kelly
USA
Best movies:
The Tuskegee Airmen (1995) (TV movie)
Star Trek IX: Insurrection (1998)
Joe and Max (2002) (TV movie)
![Jürgen Schornagel](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/407/158407006_13432a.jpg)
Jürgen Schornagel
German Empire
Best movies:
Comedian Harmonists (1997)
Les Ailes de la renommée (1990)
Racin in the street (1991)
![Rolf Kanies](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/467/159467787_a32cf2.jpg)
Rolf Kanies
West Germany
Best movies:
Downfall (2004)
The Silent Revolution (2018)
Wunderkinder (2011)
![Wilfried Hochholdinger](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/611/159611801_534899.jpg)
Wilfried Hochholdinger
West Germany
Best movies:
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
X-Men: First Class (2011)
The Tunnel (2001)
![Jeff Burrell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/332/162332695_f4d89c.jpg)
Jeff Burrell
USA
Best movies:
Curveball (2020)
Jack Strong (2014)
Race (2016)
Dirk Schoedon
East Germany
Best movies:
The Bourne Supremacy (2004)
Joe and Max (2002) (TV movie)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Ricky Watson
USA
Best movies:
Race (2016)
55 Steps (2017)
The Gift Horse (2009)
Clayton Nemrow
USA
Best movies:
The Billion Dollar Code (2021) (series)
Icarus. The Legend of Mietek Kosz (2019)
Mr. Nobody (2009)
![Harvey Friedman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/500/162500917_65a65f.jpg)
Harvey Friedman
USA
Best movies:
Hitler: The Rise of Evil (2003) (TV movie)
Valkyrie (2008)
Sense8 (2015) (series)
![Gerhard Haase-Hindenberg](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/724/168724706_q3e4ep.jpg)
Gerhard Haase-Hindenberg
West Germany
Best movies:
Valkyrie (2008)
Bornholmer Straße (2014) (TV movie)
Joe and Max (2002) (TV movie)