
Victor and Victoria
- Tue, Feb 18
Director: Reinhold Schünzel Run Time: 99 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 1933 Language: German
Starring: Hermann Thimig, Hilde Hildebrand, Renate Müller
In this dazzling musical romance, a young woman (Müller), unable to find work as a music hall singer, partners with a down-and-out thespian (Thimig) to revamp her act. Pretending to be a man performing in drag, Victoria becomes the toast of the international stage. But she soon finds that her playful bending of genders enmeshes her personal and professional life in a tangle of unexpected complications. Produced in the final days of the Weimar Republic, VICTOR AND VICTORIA received limited exposure in the United States, and is today best known by Blake Edwards’s 1982 remake Victor/Victoria. Viewers will be delighted to discover that the original is every bit as charming and outrageous, reminiscent of the sly sex comedies of Ernst Lubitsch and Billy Wilder. – KinoLorber Films