''Victor and Victoria'' (german: Viktor und Viktoria) is a 1957 German

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directed by

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and starring

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and

Johannes Heesters Johan Marius Nicolaas Heesters (5 December 1903 – 24 December 2011), known professionally as Johannes Heesters, was a Dutch actor of stage, television and film, as well as a vocalist of numerous recordings and performer on the concert stag ...

. A woman gains success on the stage by pretending to be a

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. It is a remake of the 1933 film ''

Victor and Victoria ''Victor and Victoria'' (german: Viktor und Viktoria) is a 1933 German Musical film, musical comedy film written and directed by Reinhold Schünzel, starring Renate Müller as a woman pretending to be a female impersonator. The following year, S ...

'', which had starred

Renate Müller Renate Müller (26 April 1906 – 7 October 1937) was a German singer and actress in both silent films and sound films, as well as on stage. One of the most successful actresses in German films from the early 1930s, she was courted by the N ...

. The film's sets were designed by

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and

Walter Kutz Walter Kutz (1904 – 1983) was a German art director.Langford p.223 Selected filmography * ''Nora'' (1944) * '' Dreaming'' (1944) * ''The Silent Guest'' (1945) * ''And the Heavens Above Us'' (1947) * ''Nights on the Nile'' (1949) * ''The Chaste ...

Cast

as Erika Lohr *

as Viktor Hempel *

as Jean Perrot *

Annie Cordy Léonie Juliana, Baroness Cooreman (16 June 1928 – 4 September 2020), also known by her stage name Annie Cordy, was a Belgian actress and singer. She appeared in more than 50 films from 1954 and staged many memorable appearances at Bruno Coq ...

as Titine *

Boy Gobert Boy Gobert (5 June 1925 – 30 May 1986) was a German film and television actor. Partial filmography * '' Island of the Dead'' (1955) – Schiffs-Steward * ''A Heart Full of Music'' (1955) – Granito Bubiblanca * ''Meine Kinder und ich'' (1955 ...

as Lacoste *

Carola Höhn Carola Höhn (30 January 1910 – 8 November 2005) was a German stage and movie actress. Selected filmography Film * ''The Weekend Bride'' (1928) * '' Don Juan in a Girls' School'' (1928) * '' From a Bachelor's Diary'' (1929) * '' Youthful Ind ...

as Marquise de Sevigné *

Werner Finck Werner Finck (2 May 1902 – 31 July 1978) was a German ''Kabarett'' comedian, actor and author. Not politically motivated by his own admission but just a "convinced individualist", he became one of Germany's leading cabaret artists under the co ...

as Hinz *

Franz-Otto Krüger Franz-Otto Krüger (1 April 1917 – 17 March 1988) was a German film and television actor. Krüger already started his acting at Berlin theatres in 1934, but his career was interrupted by his service in the Second World War. He appeared in over ...

as detective commissioner *

Kurt Pratsch-Kaufmann Kurt Pratsch-Kaufmann (1906–1988) was a German stage, television and film actor.Cowie p.154 He was married to the actress Marianne Pohlenz. Selected filmography * '' The Black Forest Girl'' (1950) - Staubig, Buchhalter * ''Herzen im Sturm'' (19 ...

as Wurstmaxe *

Gerd Frickhöffer Gerd Frickhöffer (21 November 1913 – 4 July 1980) was a German film and television actor. He appeared as Captain Donvan in the television detective series ''Sergeant Berry''. Selected filmography * ''Chemistry and Love'' (1948) * ''Everything ...

as hotel doorman * Stanislav Ledinek as host in the beer bar *Waltraut Runze as Pressedame *

Kurt Vespermann Kurt Vespermann (1 May 1887 – 13 July 1957) was a German stage and film actor. Career Vespermann was born into an actor's family in Culmsee, West Prussia, Imperial Germany today Chełmża, Poland. Already his great-grandparents were ac ...

as Intendant *

Henry Lorenzen Henry Lorenzen (8 February 1899 – 22 September 1961) was a Danish film actor.Giesen p.199 Selected filmography * '' Girls of Today'' (1933) * '' The Champion of Pontresina'' (1934) * ''Tales from the Vienna Woods'' (1934) * '' Punks Arrives fr ...

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 Ralf Wolter (26 November 1926 – 14 October 2022) was a German stage and screen actor. Wolter appeared in nearly 220 films and television series in his over 60 years as a character actor. Life and career Wolter began his long career on the B ...

as hairdresser

References

External links

* 1957 musical comedy films German musical comedy films West German films Films directed by Karl Anton Remakes of German films Cross-dressing in film Films set in Paris UFA GmbH films 1950s German films {{Musical-comedy-film-stub