Black Fighter Johanna (1934)
Schwarzer Jäger Johanna
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.
- Date of release
- 1934-09-05
- TMDB
- 5.8 / 10 (4)
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Johannes Meyer
Casting
- 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
- Oskar Sima — Hofrat Zöllner
- Rudolf Biebrach — Oberst von Bernewitz
- Anton Pointner — Feldmarschall
- Genia Nikolaieva — Mademoiselle Köttschau
- Jakob Tiedtke — Amtmann Cropp
- Angelo Ferrari — Leutnant Péaulier
- Ida Perry — Amtmann Cropps Frau
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