Victor and Victoria (1957 film)

1957 film

Victor and Victoria

German film poster

German| Viktor und Viktoria
Directed by| Karl Anton
Written by| Reinhold Schünzel (1933 screenplay)
Curt J. Braun
Produced by| Waldemar Frank
Starring|

* Johanna von Koczian
* Georg Thomalla
* Johannes Heesters

Cinematography| Willy Winterstein
Edited by| Annemarie Rokoss
Music by| Heino Gaze

Production
company

Central-Europa Film

Distributed by| Prisma Film

Release date

* 16 April 1957 (1957-04-16)

Running time

| 107 minutes
Country| West Germany
Language| German

Victor and Victoria (German: Viktor und Viktoria) is a 1957 German musical comedy film directed by Karl Anton and starring Johanna von Koczian, Georg Thomalla and Johannes Heesters. A woman gains success on the stage by pretending to be a female impersonator. It is a remake of the 1933 film Victor and Victoria, which had starred Renate Müller.[1] The film's sets were designed by Emil Hasler and Walter Kutz. In 1982, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer released Victor/Victoria, an English-language remake by Blake Edwards of the 1933 film.

## Cast

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* Johanna von Koczian as Erika Lohr
* Georg Thomalla as Viktor Hempel
* Johannes Heesters as Jean Perrot
* Annie Cordy as Titine
* Boy Gobert as Lacoste
* Carola Höhn as Marquise de Sevigné
* Werner Finck as Hinz
* Franz-Otto Krüger as detective commissioner
* Kurt Pratsch-Kaufmann as Wurstmaxe
* Gerd Frickhöffer as hotel doorman
* Stanislav Ledinek as host in the beer bar
* Waltraut Runze as Pressedame
* Kurt Vespermann as Intendant
* Henry Lorenzen as Tier-Dresseur
* Erich Poremski
* Valérie Camille as dancer
* Alicia Márquez as dancer
* Jack del Rio as dancer
* Les Romano's Brothers as dancer
* Die Vier Sunnies as singer
* Das Cornell-Trio as singer
* Ernie Bieler as singer
* Wolfgang Gruner as hairdresser
* Hilla Höfer as waitress
* Edhilt Rochell as secretary
* Ralf Wolter as hairdresser

## References

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1. ^ Prawer, Siegbert Salomon (2005). Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910–1933. New York, NY: Berghahn Books. p. 193\. ISBN 1845453034. JSTOR j.ctt9qd8qp.

## External links

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* Victor and Victoria at IMDb

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Films directed by Karl Anton

* Gypsies (1922)
* The May Fairy (1926)
* Tonka of the Gallows (1930)
* A Girl from the Reeperbahn (1930)
* The Case of Colonel Redl (1931)
* Monsieur Albert (1932)
* The Champion Cook (1932)
* Make-Up (1932)
* The Naked Truth (1932)
* Nothing But Lies (1933)
* Number 33 (1933)
* Simone Is Like That (1933)
* The Porter from Maxim's (1933)
* Monsieur Sans-Gêne (1935)
* Happy Arenas (1935)
* Martha (1936)
* White Slaves (1937)
* We Danced Around the World (1939)
* The Star of Rio (1940)
* The Thing About Styx (1942)
* The Big Number (1943)
* The Impostor (1944)
* Peter Voss, Thief of Millions (1946)
* The Appeal to Conscience (1949)
* The Exchange (1952)
* The Cousin from Nowhere (1953)
* The Rose of Stamboul (1953)
* Bonjour Kathrin (1956)
* The Daring Swimmer (1957)
* Victor and Victoria (1957)
* The Avenger (1960)

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