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'Victor and Victoria' is a 1933 German musical comedy film directed by Reinhold Schnzel starring Renate Mller as a woman pretending to be a female impersonator. At the same time, Schnzel shot a French-language version of the film as 'George and Georgette' starring Meg Lemonnier and a French cast.

In 1935, Michael Balcon produced an English version titled 'First a Girl' directed by Victor Saville and starring Jessie Matthews and Sonnie Hale. A West German remake by Karl Anton was released in 1957.

In 1982, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer released 'Victor/Victoria', an English-language remake by Blake Edwards. Edwards later based a successful stage musical on the film. Both the film and the musical starred Julie Andrews.

Cast



* Renate Mller as Susanne / Monsieur Victoria

* Hermann Thimig as Viktor Hempel

* Anton Walbrook as Robert

* Hilde Hildebrand as Ellinor

* Fritz Odemar as Douglas

* Friedel Pisetta as Lilian

* Aribert Wscher as F. A. Punkertin, Victoria's agent

Remakes



* 1935 'First a Girl' (Britain)

* 1957 'Victor and Victoria' (Germany)

* 1975 'My Girlfriend, the Transvestite (Argentina)

* 1982 'Victor/Victoria' (Britain/US)

* 1995 'Victor/Victoria' (TV, US)

See also



*List of films made in Weimar Germany


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