Victor and Victoria (1957 film)

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.

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

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 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