Victor and Victoria (1957 film)

{{Short description|1957 film}}

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{{Infobox film

|name = Victor and Victoria

|image = Victor and Victoria (1957 film).jpg

|caption = German film poster

|native_name = {{Infobox name module|de|Viktor und Viktoria}}

|director = Karl Anton

|producer = Waldemar Frank

|writer = Reinhold Schünzel (1933 screenplay)
Curt J. Braun

|starring = {{ubl|Johanna von Koczian|Georg Thomalla|Johannes Heesters}}

|music = Heino Gaze

|cinematography = Willy Winterstein

|editing = Annemarie Rokoss

|studio = Central-Europa Film

|distributor = Prisma Film

|released ={{Film date|1957|4|16|df=yes}}

|runtime = 107 minutes

|country = West Germany

|language = German

}}

Victor and Victoria ({{langx|de|Viktor und Viktoria}}) is a 1957 German musical comedy film directed by Karl Anton and starring Johanna von Koczian, Georg Thomalla and Johannes Heesters. A woman gains success on the stage by pretending to be a female impersonator. It is a remake of the 1933 film Victor and Victoria, which had starred Renate Müller.{{cite book|last=Prawer|first=Siegbert Salomon|author-link=Siegbert Salomon Prawer|title=Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910–1933|publisher=Berghahn Books|year=2005|location=New York, NY|page=193|isbn=1845453034|jstor=j.ctt9qd8qp}} The film's sets were designed by Emil Hasler and Walter Kutz. In 1982, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer released Victor/Victoria, an English-language remake by Blake Edwards of the 1933 film.