The Black Hussar (1932 film)

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The Black Hussar
German film poster
German	Der schwarze Husar
Directed by	UFA
Distributed by	UFA
Release date	12 October 1932 (1932-10-12)
Running time	94 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

The Black Hussar (German: Der schwarze Husar) is a 1932 German historical drama film directed by Gerhard Lamprecht and starring Bernhard Goetzke, Conrad Veidt, Mady Christians, and Wolf Albach-Retty. It premièred at the Ufa-Palast am Zoo on 12 October 1932, part of a whole string of 'patriotic' movies released in the late days of the Weimar Republic.

The film's sets were designed by the

In 1812, during the French period, large parts of Germany are occupied by the troops of Napoleon. Several paramilitary Freikorps units battle the French forces, among them the Black Brunswickers led by the 'Black Duke' Frederick William of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. After the War of the Fifth Coalition, the Black Hussars are pursued by Napoleon throughout the country, but frequently take refuge with the noble-minded German people.

While the Duke has taken a passage to the

• Conrad Veidt as Rittmeister Hansgeorg von Hochberg
• Mady Christians as Marie Luise
• Wolf Albach-Retty as Leutnant Aribert von Blome
• Ursula Grabley as Brigitte
• Otto Wallburg as Governor Darmont
• Bernhard Goetzke as Duke Friedrich Wilhelm von Braunschweig
• Günther Hadank as Captain Fachon, adjutant
• Gregori Chmara as Prince Potovski
• Fritz Greiner as Corporal

References

External links

• The Black Hussar at
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