Today in Movies

Movies set in 1936

January

April

June

  • Joe and Max

    19th Joe Louis and Max Schmeling fight for 12 rounds in the boxing ring

July

  • North Face

    21st Andreas Hinterstoisser, Willy Angerer and Edi Rainer die while trying to climb the Eiger

    22nd after a gruelling night, Toni Kurz dies two metres from being saved

  • The Beckoning Silence

    22nd Toni Kurz dies while attempting to climb the Eiger

August

  • Unbroken

    7th Louis Zamperini comes 8th in the Olympic 5,000m race

November

  • Olga

    27th Olga Benário Prestes gives birth to her daughter Anita

December