Black Fighter Johanna (1934)
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.
- Released
- 1934-09-05
- Genres
- Drama
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Johannes Meyer
- TMDB rating
- 5.8/10 from 4 votes
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
- Angelo Ferrari as Leutnant Péaulier
- Ida Perry as Amtmann Cropps Frau