Viktor und Viktoria | |
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Directed by | Reinhold Schünzel |
Produced by | Alfred Zeisler |
Written by | Reinhold Schünzel |
Starring |
Renate Müller Hermann Thimig Hilde Hildebrand Anton Walbrook |
Music by | Franz Doelle |
Cinematography | Konstantin Irmen-Tschet |
Distributed by | Universum Film AG |
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100 minutes |
Country | Nazi Germany |
Language | German |
Viktor and Viktoria (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 the film in a French-language version as George and Georgette starring Meg Lemonnier and a French cast.
In 1935 Michael Balcon produced an English version First a Girl directed by Victor Saville and starring Jessie Matthews and Sonnie Hale. There was a remake Victor and Victoria in West-Germany by Karl Anton in 1957.
In 1982 Blake Edwards remade the film as Victor/Victoria and then based a stage musical on the film both starring Julie Andrews.