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.
Marianne Hoppe | Johanna Luerssen |
Paul Hartmann | Major Korfes |
Gustaf Gründgens | Dr. Frost, politischer Agent |
Fita Benkhoff | Johannas Tante, Philine Melchior |
Paul Bildt | Herzog Friedrich Wilhelm von Braunschweig |
Oskar Sima | Hofrat Zöllner |
Rudolf Biebrach | Oberst von Bernewitz |
Anton Pointner | Feldmarschall |
Genia Nikolaieva | Mademoiselle Köttschau |
Jakob Tiedtke | Amtmann Cropp |
Angelo Ferrari | Leutnant Péaulier |
Ida Perry | Amtmann Cropps Frau |