Ringkämpfer

1895 Documentary 19 seconds Directed by Max Skladanowsky

About Ringkämpfer

Two men in white tights, with black trunks over them, wrestle on a theater stage. Eugen Sandow is billed.

Cast & crew

More about Ringkämpfer

Max Skladanowsky filmed it and produced it. He showed it on 1 November 1895. It runs 19 seconds.

Themes

Look

Max Skladanowsky cranked the camera on the stage match.

Notes

  • Sandow, the strongman, is the billed wrestler.
  • The view is one bout, with no story around it.
  • The German title means wrestlers.

Scenes

  • The two men lock up on the stage and wrestle out the short.

Also available

  • Wikimedia Commons (Ringkämpfer.webm)