Victor and Victoria (1957 film)

Victor and Victoria
Directed by	Karl Anton
Produced by	Waldemar Frank
Written by	Reinhold Schünzel (1933 screenplay) Curt J. Braun
Starring	Johanna von Koczian Georg Thomalla Johannes Heesters
Music by	Heino Gaze
Cinematography	Willy Winterstein
Edited by	Annemarie Rokoss
Production company	Central-Europa Film
Distributed by	Prisma
Release dates	16 April 1957
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.

Cast

• 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 Kriminalkommissar
• Kurt Pratsch-Kaufmann as Wurstmaxe
• Gerd Frickhöffer as Hotelportier
• Stanislav Ledinek as Wirt im Bierlokal
• Waltraut Runze as Pressedame
• Kurt Vespermann as Intendant
• Henry Lorenzen as Tier-Dresseur
• Erich Poremski
• Valérie Camille as Tänzerin
• Alicia Márquez as Tänzerin
• Jack Del Rio as Tänzer
• Les Romano's Brothers as Tänzer
• Die Vier Sunnies as Sänger
• Das Cornell-Trio as Sänger
• Ernie Bieler as Singer
• Wolfgang Gruner as Friseur
• Hilla Höfer as Oberkellnerin
• Edhilt Rochell as Sekretärin
• Ralf Wolter as Friseur

References

1. Prawer p.193

Bibliography

• Prawer, S.S. Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910-1933. Berghahn Books, 2007.

External links

• Victor and Victoria at the Internet Movie Database