Films by Maximilian Plettau

Germany 2008, 79 min
by Maximilian Plettau

In a bleak attic in Munich, we find Juergen "The Rock" Hartenstein living and training. The ageing German ex-professional boxer eschews women and alcohol, and any creaturecomforts, earning his meagre living as a pub bouncer.He is entirely on his own, with no manager standing behindhim, forced to train in city parks and in the dark, seedy atticwith his African trainer Markus Kone, while their own gym isbuilt. From a call shop, every week for months, he has beenphoning matchmakers in the U.S.A. Be