Gibsy - Rukeli Trollmanns Kampf ums Leben

Overview

Film tells the story of the boxer who sensationally won the German light heavyweight championship in 1933 and was stripped of the championship because he is a "gypsy". In protest, he went into the next fight as a caricature of an Aryan with white powdered skin and light hair - a dramatic decision.

Directed by Eike Besuden

Top cast

Hannes Wegener

Johann Rukeli Trollmann

Hannelore Elsner

Friederike Trollmann

F

Frank Auerbach

Ernst Zirzow

E

Erik Rossbander

Karl Leyendecker

R

Ramin Yazdani

Schnipplo Trollmann

Christoph Jacobi

Self

J

Jens Schütte

Self

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