Black Fighter 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.

Country:

Germany

Genre:

Drama

Duration:

100 minutes

Year:

1934

Director:

Johannes Meyer

Cast:

Johanna Luerssen

Major Korfes

Dr. Frost, politischer Agent

Johannas Tante, Philine Melchior

Herzog Friedrich Wilhelm von Braunschweig

Crew:

Director