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Viktor und Viktoria
GERMANY · 1933

Viktor und Viktoria

Reinhold Schünzel
gender disguise and deception identity and performance show business and ambition social class and pretense
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Synopsis

Aspiring singer Susanne takes over one night for her sick friend, a small-time female impersonator, and finds unexpected fame when everyone believes that she is actually a man. While touring London, complications arise as a local womanizer catches on to her game.

This Film Influenced

→ Victor/Victoria (1982)