Rocky IV - The Fight of the Century

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Movie
German title Rocky IV - The Fight of the Century
Original title Rocky IV
Rocky IV Logo.png
Country of production United States
original language English ,
Russian
Publishing year 1985
length 91 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
Rod
Director Sylvester Stallone
script Sylvester Stallone
production Robert Chartoff ,
Irwin Winkler
music Vince DiCola
camera Bill Butler
cut John W. Wheeler
Don Zimmerman
occupation
chronology

←  Predecessor
Rocky III - The Tiger's Eye

Successor  →
Rocky V

Rocky IV is an American boxer film from 1985 and the fourth installment in the Rocky feature film series . Sylvester Stallone wrote the script, directed and also played the lead role.

After his friend and former opponent, the boxer Apollo Creed, is fatally injured by the Soviet boxer Ivan Drago during an exhibition match, Rocky Balboa seeks revenge and embarks on a rematch in Moscow . In order to compete with Ivan Drago, he retires to a wooden hut in Siberia and trains in the icy wilderness.

action

Rocky Balboa is world boxing champion again after winning his title fight and enjoys his popularity and wealth. Rocky, his family, and Rocky's friend and ex-opponent Apollo Creed celebrate the birthday of Rocky's brother-in-law, Paulie.

But then a Soviet delegation turns up in the USA with the Russian boxer Ivan Drago to take part in an exhibition match against the world champion, because "a victory over the world champion of the USA is a good thing for the Soviet Union". Drago, a silent giant with a body length of over 2 m, is a muscle-packed "fighting machine". Nicoli Koloff, the head of the delegation, demonstrates in a test that Drago's fist smashes everything that hits it.

Rocky agrees to the fight, but is then persuaded by Apollo Creed that he will fight the exhibition fight instead of Rocky. For one thing, Rocky owes him a favor since Creed trained him for the rematch against Clubber Lang. As an “aging star”, Creed would also like to enjoy the feeling of being in the boxing ring again. Rocky gives in despite his concerns. But the exhibition fight ends fatally for Creed, because he has no chance against Drago's strength: After several heavy hits on the head, Creed goes down and dies in the ring. Drago laconically comments on his death with "If he's dead, he's dead!" Rocky gives the eulogy at Creed's funeral.

Rocky wants to avenge Creed and beyond that to show the world and himself that Drago is not invincible. That is why he agrees to start another boxing match, although this should take place in Moscow and according to the conditions of the Russians. Supervised by Duke, he undergoes extensive training in a mountain hut in the snow-covered mountains of Russia, while Drago is trained and doped using the latest methods .

On the day of the fight, Rocky Balboa hits a wave of hatred in the sold out arena. But the mood changes with every round that Rocky goes through, and with every further hit he lands on Drago. A tough fight ensues in which both boxers fight to the point of complete self-surrender and at full risk. In the second round Rocky manages to impress his opponent with hard hits, even in the sixth and eighth round he can hit Drago hard. All other of the first nine laps are clearly to his disadvantage, and most of the time he can hardly save himself into the break. From the tenth round, the fight is even. After the fourteenth round, Drago, who was marked by hard blows, is insulted by Koloff and asked to win, whereupon Drago Koloff pushes out of the ring and yells that he is fighting for himself to win. In the fifteenth and final round, Rocky actually does it: he defeats the Russian fighter with a knockout and wins the hearts of the Russian spectators, who cheer him and celebrate him as the winner.

synchronization

The German-language dubbing was created by Berliner Synchron based on a dialogue book by Andreas Pollak , who also directed the dialogue .

role actor speaker
Robert "Rocky" Balboa Sylvester Stallone Thomas Danneberg
Adrianna "Adrian" Pennino Balboa Talia Shire Hinzelmann rehab
Paulie Pennino Burt Young Gerd Duwner
Apollo Creed Carl Weathers Engelbert von Nordhausen
Ludmilla Vobet Drago Brigitte Nielsen Heike Schroetter
Tony "Duke" Evers Tony Burton Heinz Theo branding
Nicoli Koloff Michael Pataki Friedrich G. Beckhaus
Manuel Vega James Green Friedrich G. Beckhaus
Ivan Drago Dolph Lundgren Helmut Krauss

Awards

  • The film received five Golden Raspberries in 1986 (award for the worst performance): Sylvester Stallone as actor and director, Brigitte Nielsen in two categories and Vince DiCola for the film music. He was nominated for the Golden Raspberry in four other categories: Sylvester Stallone as screenwriter, the film producers, Burt Young and Talia Shire.
  • Dolph Lundgren won an award from the Festival International du Cinéma de l'Université de Napierville in 1985 in the category of Best Comedy Actor .
  • The film received the Golden Screen in 1986 .

backgrounds

  • The scenes in Siberia were shot in Wyoming . The log cabin was in Jackson Hole ; many exterior scenes were filmed in Grand Teton National Park . The final fight between Balboa and Drago was recorded at the PNE Agrodome in Vancouver .
  • Rocky IV has the highest grossing of any Rocky movie at $ 128 million in the United States (300 million worldwide).
  • After James Bond 007 , this was Dolph Lundgren's second film role.
  • Rocky IV is the first installment in the saga without Burgess Meredith , who played Rocky's aged coach Mickey .
  • As in the third part, Survivor provided their music for the soundtrack.
  • The flashback scene was highlighted with the song No Easy Way Out by Robert Tepper .
  • The training scene and credits were underlaid with the song Hearts on Fire by John Cafferty & The Beaver Brown Band .
  • This is the only Rocky film that contains music by Bill Conti in only two places (Rocky on the mountain, Rocky after the knockout win against Drago).
  • The cinema trailer shows a scene that ultimately fell victim to the cut (Rocky at the boxing committee).
  • Stallone said he had to spend a week in hospital after being hit by Dolph Lundgren while filming.
  • A comment by the German reporter can be heard in the original sound during the final fight.
  • James Brown made a cameo in this film.
  • The Finnish director Aki Kaurismäki , who according to his own statements despised Sylvester Stallone, parodied the film in his 1986 short film Rock'y VI .
  • In 2014 arte dedicated a documentary to the film under the title Rocky vs Ivan - Propaganda Battle in the Ring .
  • Carl Weathers makes his fourth and final appearance as boxer Apollo Creed in Rocky IV.

Reviews

“Fourth part of the boxer saga, which naively tries to build a sporty bridge between East and West, but with its rumbling chauvinism and infantile Russia clichés only seems ridiculous. Insightful as a commentary on the newly awakened US self-awareness and sense of mission under the Reagan government in the mid-1980s. "

- Lexicon of international film

“That could have been a really funny Communist eater comic, but Stallone has a serious concern about the beer table ... after the jubilant Russians have changed fronts in the Moscow arena, he comes to them with relaxation : It is better for two men to fight in the ring than that 20 million would kill each other. Not worth mentioning if 'Rocky IV', which has its mass start with us this week, was not on the way to becoming the most successful film in cinema history - after box office. "

- The mirror

Soundtrack

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Certificate of Release for Rocky IV - The Battle of the Century . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , October 2004 (PDF; test number: 56 244 V / DVD).
  2. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from March 21, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / imdb.com
  3. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from March 20, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / imdb.com
  4. ↑ Rocky IV - The Battle of the Century. In: synchronkartei.de. German synchronous index , accessed on October 4, 2017 .
  5. ↑ Rocky IV - The Battle of the Century. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  6. ↑ Polit-Porno vom Italo-Hengst , Der Spiegel 7/1986 of February 10, 1986