Victor/Victoria (1982)

Directed by

Blake Edwards

Genre

comedy film, musical film, LGBTQ-related film, romantic comedy film

Country

United Kingdom, United States

Runtime

2h 13m

Rated

PG

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 454 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A struggling singer in 1930s Paris pretends to be a male female impersonator to get work. She falls in love with a nightclub owner who is confused by his attraction to her.

lightheartedplayfulglamorousupbeatwittycharmingbittersweetsilly

What happens

Victor/Victoria is a 1982 musical comedy film written and directed by Blake Edwards and starring Julie Andrews, James Garner, Robert Preston, Lesley Ann Warren, Alex Karras, and John Rhys-Davies. The film was released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, produced by Tony Adams and scored by Henry Mancini, with lyrics by Leslie Bricusse. The film was nominated for seven Academy Awards, winning for Best Original Score. It was a remake of the German film comedy Viktor und Viktoria shot by Reinhold Schünzel in 1933 from his own script. Victor/Victoria was adapted as a Broadway musical in 1995. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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