Victor and Victoria [Blu-ray]

Director: Reinhold Schünzel Reinhold Schünzel

Overview

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.

Product Details

Release Date:	06/09/2020
UPC:	0738329247614
Original Release:	1933
Rating:	NR
Source:	Kino Classics
Region Code:	A
Presentation:	[B&W]
Language:	English
Time:	1:39:00
Sales rank:	29,574

Special Features

Audio Commentary by film historian Gaylyn Studlar

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Anton Walbrook	Robert
Karl Harbacher	Actor
Aribert Waescher	Francesco Alberto Punkertin
Hermann Thimig	Viktor Hempel
Renate Mueller	Susanne Lohr
Ewald Wenck	Actor
Hilde Hildebrand	Ellinor
Fritz Odemar	Douglas
Gertrud Wolle	Actor
Friedel Pisetta	Actor
Franz Doelle	Composer

Technical Credits

Reinhold Schünzel

Reinhold Schünzel	Director,Screenwriter
Erich Pommer	Producer