Black Fighter Johanna

1934Directed by Johannes Meyer

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Released: September 5, 1934
Runtime: 1h 40m

About Black Fighter Johanna

Drama

Synopsis

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.

Director: Johannes Meyer
Original title: Schwarzer Jäger Johanna

Principal cast

In billing order

Marianne HoppeJohanna Luerssen
Paul HartmannMajor Korfes
Gustaf GründgensDr. Frost, politischer Agent
Fita BenkhoffJohannas Tante, Philine Melchior
Paul BildtHerzog Friedrich Wilhelm von Braunschweig
Oskar SimaHofrat Zöllner

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