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, Rovi

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

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