

Joe and Max
2002-03-03 · 109 min · ★ 5.1
True story of boxers Joe Louis and Max Schmeling and their enduring friendship.
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- Directors
- Steve James
- Production companies
- Starz! Pictures
- Countries
- United States of America, Germany
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- USD 8,000,000
Top Cast
Leonard RobertsJoe Louis
Til SchweigerMax Schmeling
Peta WilsonAnny Ondra
Richard RoundtreeJack Blackburn
John Toles-BeyJohn Roxborough
David PaymerJoe Jacobs
Jürgen SchornagelMax Machon
August ZirnerDavid Lewin
Wilfried HochholdingerJoseph Goebbels
Rolf KaniesAdolf Hitler
Joachim Paul AssböckGestapo
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