Max Baer's Last Right Hook
Directed by: Avida Livny
Language: English, Hebrew, English subtitles
2006 | Israel | Beta SP | Color And Black & White | United States Premiere | 53 min
Part of special programs Jewish Boxers, Israeli Documentaries
It's wartime 1942, and hapless entrepreneur Yaakov Gendelmayer has an idea for a morale-boosting publicity stunt: bring Jewish former heavyweight boxer Max Baer to Palestine to fight a German boxer, in an effort to recreate Baer's legendary bout against Hitler's darling, Max Schmeling. Sixty years later, Gendelmayer's son comes to Israel to interview old-timers and find out the truth about Max Baer's last right hook. In a hilarious send-up--or is it a valentine?--of the clichés of history documentaries, filmmaker Avida Livny uncovers a story so wonderful it ought to be true...and maybe it is!
Presented with My Son, The Hero
Co-presented by the Judah L. Magnes Museum