Black Fighter Johanna

(1934)

★ 5.8 IMDb · 4 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 1934

Runtime: 100 мин

Country: Germany

Director: Johannes Meyer

Cast: Marianne Hoppe, Paul Hartmann, Gustaf Gründgens, Fita Benkhoff, Paul Bildt, Oskar Sima, Rudolf Biebrach, Anton Pointner, Genia Nikolaieva, Jakob Tiedtke

Plot

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.