The Black Hussar (1932)

Movie
Original title	The black hussar
Country of production	Germany
original language	German
Publishing year	1932
length	94 minutes
Age rating	FSK 6
Rod
Director	Gerhard Lamprecht
script	Curt Johannes Braun Philipp Lothar Mayring
production	Bruno Duday for Universum Film AG
music	Eduard Künneke
camera	Franz Planner
occupation
Bernhard Goetzke : Duke Friedrich Wilhelm of Braunschweig Conrad Veidt : Rittmeister Hansgeorg von Hochberg Mady Christians : Marie Luise Wolf Albach-Retty : Lieutenant Aribert von Blome Ursula Grabley : Brigitte Otto Wallburg : Governor Darmont Günther Hadank : Captain Fachon, adjutant Darmonts Gregori Chmara : Prince Potovski Fritz Greiner : Corporal Franz Stein : Spy Lutz Altschul Ernst Behmer Rudolf Biebrach Gerhard Dammann Karl Hannemann Hubert von Meyerinck : Koch Darmonts Ernst Prockl Berthold Reissig

The Black Hussar is a German historical film from 1932. The premiere took place on October 12, 1932 in the Ufa-Palast am Zoo in Berlin .

In the cinema year 1931/32 eight "patriotic films" were premiered in the Weimar Republic , the UFA also produced the film Yorck in addition to "The Black Hussar" and thus continued the genre of films with "national content" with their production it had already begun in the 1920s, and on the other hand it paved the way for the cultural and socio-psychological path that almost the entire German film industry followed in the following years.

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The film is set in 1812 at the time of the French occupation of Germany by Napoleon Bonaparte's troops . During the occupation, which had lasted since the end of 1807, various German Freikorps had been founded, including the " Black Squad " under the leadership of the Brunswick Duke Friedrich Wilhelm , which fought in the Napoleonic Wars . French troops chase the "Black Hussars" through the whole country, but they always find shelter and support from the patriotically-minded population.

Friedrich Wilhelm von Braunschweig is currently in Great Britain, his deputy at home is Rittmeister von Hochberg, who continues to fight together with his friend Lieutenant von Blome. On the run from the persecutors, both find refuge in a tavern, where they are hidden by two young women. Meanwhile, Darmont, the French governor of Erfurt , at the behest of Napoleon, the duke's bride, plans to marry a princess of Baden against her will to the Polish prince Potovski. She is kidnapped to Erfurt. But Hochberg and Blome succeed in eliminating Potovski by means of a ruse and appear disguised instead of him in Erfurt to the governor. At a meal together it turns out that the princess is one of the two young women from the pub. Hochberg and the princess get closer to each other.

Again with a trick, the two hussars manage to free the princess from captivity, although the company is almost in danger of failing. In the meantime, the "Black Duke" has returned to Braunschweig and meets Hochberg and the princess there. When he realizes that they both love each other, he steps back and lets them have their own way. The Black Hussars finally go into battle against Napoleon with their Duke in the lead.

Reviews

“The historical material, which was often used in the first five years of sound film, only serves as a foil for a lively adventure and love comedy. Played tightly and trimmed for UFA entertainment perfection. "

- Lexicon of international film

Remarks

The script was based on an idea by Leo Lenz .

Web links

• The black hussar in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• The black hussar at Filmportal.de
• The black hussar at the Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Foundation
• Several photos from The Black Hussar

Individual evidence

1. ^ Klaus Kreimeier : The Ufa story. History of a film company. Carl Hanser Verlag, Munich / Vienna 1992, ISBN 3-446-15214-8 , p. 236
2. ↑ The Black Hussar. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .