Viktor and Viktoria (1957)
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| Original title | Viktor and Viktoria |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1957 |
| length | 108 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
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| Director | Karl Anton |
| script | Curt J. Brown |
| production | Waldemar Frank |
| music | Heino Gaze |
| camera | Willy Winterstein |
| cut | Annemarie Rokoss |
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Viktor und Viktoria is a German mix-up comedy by Karl Anton from 1957. The remake of the film of the same name from 1933 also ran under the title Verliebt, engaged, married .
action
Imitator Viktor has just given notice of his Paris apartment. After a night on the park bench, he is hoarse and is therefore not engaged in auditions and singing. He doesn't have a penny left in his pocket, has already moved his suitcase at the bratwurst vendor and cannot start his last engagement in a shabby pub because his voice fails. The young Erika, who is only at the beginning of her career, was also rejected at the audition. She too has to move her bag for the sausage sale and so both singers decide to team up: Erika is supposed to represent Viktor on stage for one evening and pretend to be a man disguised as a woman. Your performance in the evening will be a great success. Both artists not only receive their wages, but also an engagement at a real Parisian variety stage. There she was seen by the important French variety owner Jean Perrot, who hired her. Perrot goes to a bar with Erika, who calls herself “Erich” disguised as a man. They smoke and drink together, but Erika loses her passport, through which Perrot realizes that he is really dealing with a woman.
A little later, Erika can pick up her passport from the lost property office and has to prepare herself as a woman again. So she sees Perrot again and Erika introduces herself as Erich's sister. While Perrot flirts with Erika and raves about his sister in front of “Erich”, Viktor is suspicious: He not only fears that the masquerade will be exposed, but also the loss of his stage partner. He also warns Erika about the womanizer Perrot and bets that Perrot will forget her if she doesn’t come under his eyes as a woman for three days. In fact, Perrot invites Erika to dinner the next day. Erika learns from Perrot's deputy, Lacoste, that Perrot wants to get engaged that day. She doesn't know that Perrot wants to ask for her hand, but thinks a rich woman she sees with Perrot in the restaurant is his chosen one. Disappointed, she leaves for Germany and leaves Viktor a letter telling him that she murdered her brother. The police suspect an actual murder and arrest Erika at the border. Perrot, who rushes to her, admits complicity in the murder and both are brought back to Paris. Here Viktor has found a replacement for Erika in the blonde Titine and presents the show program with her. He wants to marry Titine and Perrot and Erika, whose "case" has been resolved by Perrot's lawyer, embrace each other on stage.
production
Viktor und Viktoria is based on a screenplay by Curt J. Braun, which was based on the original idea by Reinhold Schünzel . The film premiered on April 5, 1957 in the Theater am Aegi in Hanover . It was Johanna von Koczian's screen debut and the last film by veteran actor Kurt Vespermann.
The film features various dance numbers performed by Velerie Camille ( Radio City Music Hall , New York City ), Alician Marquez and Jack del Rio ( Folies Bergère , Paris) and the Les Romanos Brothers. In addition, various hits are sung:
- Georg Thomalla, Johanna von Koczian: Leo, Leo, Leo
- Georg Thomalla, Johanna von Koczian, Johannes Heesters and Annie Cordy: In love, engaged, married!
- Johanna von Koczian, Johannes Heesters: Je vous adore
- Johanna von Koczian: Tired of being alone
- Georg Thomalla, Annie Cordy: Macky Macky! Sonny Boy
- Johanna von Koczian, Georg Thomalla: The greatest catastrophe
The songs are also accompanied by the Four Sunnies and the Cornel Trio .
criticism
The lexicon of international films found: "Fresh the leading actress, varied the choreography - for German standards, despite some lengths, a review and confusion game above average."
Cinema called Viktor and Viktoria a "quick remake".
Web links
- Victor and Victoria in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Viktor and Viktoria at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ^ Klaus Brüne (ed.): Lexicon of international films . Volume 8. Rowohlt, Reinbek bei Hamburg 1990, p. 4137.
- ↑ Viktor and Viktoria. In: Cinema , Hubert Burda Media , accessed on August 7, 2018.