Main Cast: Renate Mueller, Hermann Thimig, Hilde Hildebrand, Fritz Odemar, Aribert Waescher
Release Year: 1933
Country: DE
Run Time: 100 minutes
Plot
The most popular of Reinhold Schuenzel's German directorial efforts, Viktor und Viktoria is a spoof of such music-hall "male impersonators" as Vesta Tillie. Unable to get a show-business job, would-be singer Renate Muller is urged by her somewhat epicene friend Hermann Thimig to adopt a brand-new stage persona. Our heroine re-invents herself as a cross-dressing entertainer, posing as a man (Viktor) who poses as a woman (Viktoria)! The fun begins when Muller falls in love with Adolf Wohlbrueck, who can't quite understand why he's so attractive to the aggressively male "Viktoria." Viktor und Viktoria was remade in England by Jessie Mathews as First a Girl (1936), then of course by Blake Edwards as the 1981 Julie Andrews vehicle Victor/Victoria. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Cast
Renate Mueller - Susanne Lohr
Hermann Thimig - Viktor Hempel
Hilde Hildebrand - Ellinor
Fritz Odemar - Douglas
Aribert Waescher - Francesco Alberto Punkertin
Anton Walbrook - Robert; Gertrud Wolle; Karl Harbacher; Ewald Wenck
Credit
Reinhold Schünzel - Director, Arnfried Heyne - Editor, Franz Doelle - Composer (Music Score), Konstantin Irmen-Tschet - Cinematographer, Erich Pommer - Producer, Reinhold Schünzel - Screenwriter
Viktor und Viktoria (Viktor and Viktoria) is a 1933musical comedy film directed by Reinhold Schünzel. The film was remade in 1982 as Victor Victoria starring Julie Andrews.
