| Victor and Victoria | |
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| German | Viktor und Viktoria |
| Directed by | Karl Anton |
| Written by | Reinhold Schünzel (1933 screenplay) Curt J. Braun |
| Produced by | Waldemar Frank |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Willy Winterstein |
| Edited by | Annemarie Rokoss |
| Music by | Heino Gaze |
Production company | Central-Europa Film |
| Distributed by | Prisma Film |
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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.
- ^ 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.