The Black Hussar (1932 film)

The Black Hussar
Cover of the film's Illustrierter Film-Kurier number
GermanDer schwarze Husar
Directed byGerhard Lamprecht
Written by
Produced byBruno Duday
Starring
CinematographyFranz Planer
Music byEduard Künneke
Production
company
Distributed byUFA
Release date
  • 12 October 1932 (1932-10-12)
Running time
94 minutes
CountryGermany
LanguageGerman

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 art directors Robert Herlth and Walter Röhrig. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios and on location around Schwedt in Brandenburg.[1]

Plot

In 1812, during the French period, large parts of Germany are occupied by Napoleon's troops. 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 noble-minded Germans.

While the Duke has taken a passage to the Isle of Wight, his cavalry officer (Rittmeister) Hansgeorg von Hochberg and his friend Lieutenant Aribert von Blome hide away in an inn with two young women. They hear of the plans by the French governor Darmont to abduct Duke Frederick William's bride, Princess Marie of Baden, to marry her to the Polish prince Potovski. They set about trying to foil the plans.

Main cast

References

  1. ^ Klaus Kreimeier: Die Ufa-Story. Geschichte eines Filmkonzerns. Carl Hanser Verlag, München/Wien 1992, ISBN 3-446-15214-8, S. 236


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