Victor and Victoria (1933)

Original title

Viktor und Viktoria

Directed by

Reinhold Schünzel

Genre

comedy film, musical film, LGBTQ-related film

Country

Germany

Runtime

1h 40m

Rated

6

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 16 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A woman struggling to find work as a performer disguises herself as a man who performs as a female impersonator. Her act becomes a hit and leads to romantic complications.

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What happens

Victor and Victoria (German: Viktor und Viktoria) is a 1933 German musical comedy film written and directed by Reinhold Schünzel, starring Renate Müller as a woman pretending to be a female impersonator. The following year, Schünzel directed a French-language version of the film titled 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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