Victor and Victoria

Victor and Victoria (1933)

Viktor und Viktoria

Aspiring singer Susanne takes over one night for her sick friend, a small-time female impersonator, and finds unexpected fame when everyone believes that she is actually a man. While touring London, complications arise as a local womanizer catches on to her game.

Date of release
1933-12-27
TMDB
7.0 / 10 (16)
Runtime
1h 39m
Genres
Music, Comedy, Romance
Director
Reinhold Schünzel

Casting

Interesting facts

Victor and Victoria 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.

Background

Max Hansen was originally considered for the role of Viktor, but Ufa managers had some reservations about his "background", but were willing to ignore their suspicions provided "they were not shared by the Reich Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda." After an inquiry by the Ministry, Joseph Goebbels refused to give the part to Hansen, and the role went to Hermann Thimig instead.

German songwriter Bruno Balz, who was arrested several times by the Nazis for being gay, wrote the lyrics for the music, and also some of the dialogue that was sung in the film. After the film was released, Adolf Wohlbrück, who played the part of Robert, and was also gay, fled Nazi Germany for England, where he changed his name to Anton Walbrook.

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