Black Fighter Johanna

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1934 · 100 min · Drama · TMDB 5.8/10

Overview

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.

Directed by Johannes Meyer

Cast

• Marianne Hoppe — Johanna Luerssen
• Paul Hartmann — Major Korfes
• Gustaf Gründgens — Dr. Frost, politischer Agent
• Fita Benkhoff — Johannas Tante, Philine Melchior
• Paul Bildt — Herzog Friedrich Wilhelm von Braunschweig