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.
Ratings
IMDb5.8/10
4 audience votes
Key crew
- Johannes MeyerDirector
Cast
- 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
- Rudolf BiebrachOberst von Bernewitz
- Anton PointnerFeldmarschall
- Genia NikolaievaMademoiselle Köttschau
- Jakob TiedtkeAmtmann Cropp
- Angelo FerrariLeutnant Péaulier
- Ida PerryAmtmann Cropps Frau