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.
as Johanna Luerssen
as Major Korfes
as Dr. Frost, politischer Agent
as Johannas Tante, Philine Melchior
as Herzog Friedrich Wilhelm von Braunschweig
as Hofrat Zöllner
as Oberst von Bernewitz
as Feldmarschall
as Mademoiselle Köttschau
as Amtmann Cropp
as Leutnant Péaulier
as Amtmann Cropps Frau
