Black Fighter Johanna (1934)
Synopsis
Germany under Napoleon. Johanna is travelling by stagecoach when one of its occupants, Major Korfes, is arrested by the French militia. Before capture, he gives Johanna a mysterious letter. To solve the mystery, she joins the German corps as the “Black Hunter”. A fantastic breeches role for the lesbian Marianne Hoppe, who two years later, married her gay film partner Gustav Gründgens to prevent persecution by the Nazis.
Release Date: 1934-09-05
Runtime: 100 minutes
Director: Johannes Meyer
Top Cast
- Marianne Hoppe as Johanna Luerssen
- Paul Hartmann as Major Korfes
- Gustaf Gründgens as Dr. Frost, politischer Agent
- Fita Benkhoff as Johannas Tante, Philine Melchior
- Paul Bildt as Herzog Friedrich Wilhelm von Braunschweig
- Oskar Sima as Hofrat Zöllner
- Rudolf Biebrach as Oberst von Bernewitz
- Anton Pointner as Feldmarschall
- Genia Nikolaieva as Mademoiselle Köttschau
- Jakob Tiedtke as Amtmann Cropp
Soundtrack
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