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

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

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.