Wednesday, June 25 / Thursday, June 26 @ 7:00 p.m.

Saturday, June 28 /  Sunday, June 29 @ 1:00 p.m.

at Stadt Garten, 3980 2nd Ave., Detroit 48201

In this comedy, aspiring singer Susanne (Renate Müller) takes over one night for her friend, drag performer Viktor (Hermann Thimig). Everyone believes that she is actually a man and unexpectedly she becomes successful enough to embark on a world tour. Complications arise in London when she falls in love with a local womanizer Robert (Adolf Wohlbrück, later known as Anton Walbrook). Will Susanne be able to keep her true identity a secret?

If the plot sounds familiar, it may be because Viktor und Viktoria has been the basis for several remakes, including the Hollywood hit Victor/Victoria (1982). The film was made in a time that echoes our own — the last days of the Weimar Republic before the Nazis took power — and is ripe for re-examination. Let’s enjoy Germany’s #1 box office hit of 1933.

Germany. 1933.
Reinhold Schünzel.
In German with English subtitles
Running time 100 min.