Movie

Black Fighter Johanna

★ 5.8/10 · 4 votes 1934 1h 40m Released

Drama

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.

Cast

Marianne Hoppe Johanna Luerssen Paul Hartmann Major Korfes Gustaf Gründgens Dr. Frost, politischer Age Fita Benkhoff Johannas Tante, Philine Me Paul Bildt Herzog Friedrich Wilhelm v Oskar Sima Hofrat Zöllner