Viktor and Viktoria is a 1933 German musical comedy film directed by Reinhold Schünzel, starring Renate Müller

Renate Müller

Renate Müller 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 Nazi Party to appear in films that promoted their ideals, but refused...

 as a woman pretending to be a female impersonator (that is, a woman pretending to be a man pretending to be a woman). At the same time Schünzel shot the film in a French language version as Georges et Georgette starring Meg Lemonnier and a French cast.

In 1935 Michael Balcon

Michael Balcon

Sir Michael Elias Balcon was an English film producer, known for his work with Ealing Studios.-Background:...

 produced an English version First a Girl directed by Victor Saville

Victor Saville

Victor Saville was an English film director, producer and screenwriter. He directed 39 films between 1927 and 1954...

 and starring Jessie Matthews

Jessie Matthews

Jessie Matthews, OBE was an English actress, dancer and singer of the 1930s, whose career continued into the post-war period.-Early life:...

 and Sonnie Hale

Sonnie Hale

Sonnie Hale was an English theatre and cinema actor and director.John Robert Hale-Monro was born in London, the son of Robert Hale and Belle Reynolds. His father and sister, Binnie Hale were actors. He worked chiefly in musical and revue theatre, but also acted in several films with occasional...

. There was a remake in West-Germany by Karl Anton

Karl Anton

Karl Anton was a German film director, screenwriter and film producer. He directed 58 films between 1922 and 1960.He was born in Prague, Czech Republic and died in Berlin, Germany.-External links:...

 in 1957.

In 1982 Blake Edwards

Blake Edwards

Blake Edwards was an American film director, screenwriter and producer.Edwards' career began in the 1940s as an actor, but he soon turned to writing radio scripts at Columbia Pictures...

 remade the film as Victor Victoria and then based a stage musical on the film both starring Julie Andrews

Julie Andrews

Dame Julia Elizabeth Andrews, DBE is an English film and stage actress, singer, and author. She is the recipient of Golden Globe, Emmy, Grammy, BAFTA, People's Choice Award, Theatre World Award, Screen Actors Guild and Academy Award honors...

.

Remakes

• 1935 First a Girl
• 1957 Viktor und Viktoria
• 1982 Victor Victoria
• 1995 Victor/Victoria (TV)

External links

• Rick Thompson in Senses of Cinema