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Victor and Victoria (1957 film)

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Victor and Victoria
German film poster
GermanViktor und Viktoria
Directed byKarl Anton
Written byReinhold Schünzel (1933 screenplay)
Curt J. Braun
Produced byWaldemar Frank
Starring
CinematographyWilly Winterstein
Edited byAnnemarie Rokoss
Music byHeino Gaze
Production
company
Central-Europa Film
Distributed byPrisma Film
Release date
  • 16 April 1957 (1957-04-16)
Running time
107 minutes
CountryWest Germany
LanguageGerman

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.

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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.
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