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
