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Black Fighter Johanna (1934)

Black Fighter Johanna (1934)

Drama
Release Date: 1934, September 5
Directors: Johannes Meyer
Countries: Germany
Cast: Paul Hartmann, Ángelo Ferrari, Marianne Hoppe, Oskar Sima, Fita Benkhoff, Gustaf Gründgens, Paul Bildt, Jakob Tiedtke, Anton Pointner, Genia Nikolaieva, Rudolf Biebrach, Ida Perry

Overview:

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.