''George and Georgette'' (French: ''Georges et Georgette'') is a 1934 German

comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...

directed by Roger Le Bon and Reinhold Schünzel and starring Julien Carette,

Meg Lemonnier Marguerite Gabrielle Lemonnier (née Clark; 15 May 1905 – 12 June 1988) was a British-born French singer and film actress. Lemonnier played the female lead in the comedy ''George and Georgette'' (1933).Prawer p.193 Selected filmography * '' M ...

and

Anton Walbrook Adolf Anton Wilhelm Wohlbrück (19 November 18969 August 1967) was an Austrian actor who settled in the United Kingdom under the name Anton Walbrook. A popular performer in Austria and pre-war Germany, he left in 1936 out of concerns for his ...

. It is the French-language version of the film '' Victor and Victoria''.Prawer p.193 A woman pretends to be a male

female impersonator A drag queen is a person, usually male, who uses drag clothing and makeup to imitate and often exaggerate female gender signifiers and gender roles for entertainment purposes. Historically, drag queens have usually been gay men, and part of ...

and enjoys great success on the stage, but has trouble concealing her secret when she falls in love.

Cast

* Julien Carette as Georges *

as Suzanne *

as Robert * Jenny Burnay as Elinore *

Paulette Dubost Paulette may refer to: * Paulette (name), French feminine given name * Paulette (tax) * Paulette Caveat - a caveat filed in 1973 by a group of Dene chiefs at the land titles office in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories to gain a legal interest in ...

as Lilian *

Félix Oudart Félix Charles Oudart (1881–1956) was a French stage and film actor.Goble p.452 Selected filmography * '' Crainquebille'' (1922) * ''Abduct Me'' (1932) * '' Toto'' (1933) * '' George and Georgette'' (1934) * '' A Day Will Come'' (1934) * '' Mer ...

as Pokerdass *

Charles Redgie Charles Redgie was a French-based film actor who appeared in thirty six productions between 1930 and 1939.Goble p.385 He starred in the French-language film ''Captain Craddock'' (1931) and its English-language version '' Monte Carlo Madness'' (1932 ...

as Douglas

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* 1934 films German comedy films 1930s French-language films 1930s German films 1934 comedy films 1934 multilingual films Films directed by Reinhold Schünzel Films directed by Roger Le Bon Films of Nazi Germany German black-and-white films German multilingual films UFA GmbH films {{1930s-comedy-film-stub