Victor and Victoria
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| Viktor und Viktoria | |
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| File:Victor and Victoria (1933 film).jpg Film poster | |
| Directed by | Reinhold Schünzel |
| Written by | Reinhold Schünzel |
| Produced by | Alfred Zeisler Eduard Kubat |
| Starring | Renate Müller Hermann Thimig Hilde Hildebrand Anton Walbrook |
| Cinematography | Konstantin Irmen-Tschet |
| Music by | Franz Doelle |
| Distributed by | Universum Film AG |
Release date | 23 December 1933 |
Running time | 100 minutes |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | German |
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Victor and Victoria (German: Viktor und Viktoria) is a 1933 German musical comedy film directed by Reinhold Schünzel starring Renate Müller as a woman pretending to be a female impersonator. At the same time, Schünzel shot a French-language version of the film as George and Georgette starring Meg Lemonnier and a French cast.
In 1935, Michael Balcon produced an English version titled First a Girl directed by Victor Saville and starring Jessie Matthews and Sonnie Hale. A West German remake by Karl Anton was released in 1957.
In 1982, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer released Victor/Victoria, an English-language remake by Blake Edwards. Edwards later based a successful stage musical on the film. Both the film and the musical starred Julie Andrews.
Cast
- Renate Müller as Susanne / Monsieur Victoria
- Hermann Thimig as Viktor Hempel
- Anton Walbrook as Robert
- Hilde Hildebrand as Ellinor
- Fritz Odemar as Douglas
- Friedel Pisetta as Lilian
- Aribert Wäscher as F. A. Punkertin, Victoria's agent
Remakes
- 1935 First a Girl (Britain)
- 1957 Victor and Victoria (Germany)
- 1975 My Girlfriend, the Transvestite (Argentina)
- 1982 Victor/Victoria (Britain/US)
- 1995 Victor/Victoria (TV, US)
See also
External links
- Viktor und Viktoria at IMDb
- Rick Thompson in Senses of Cinema
- Viktor und Viktoria at Virtual History
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