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‘In writer-director Reinhold Schünzel’s musical comedy, out-of-work music hall singer Renate Müller partners with down-and-out thespian Hermann Thimig to revamp her act. Pretending to be a man performing in drag, “Monsieur Victoria” becomes the toast of the international stage. But she soon finds that her playful bending of genders entangles her personal and professional life.

Produced in the final days of pre-Nazi Germany, Victor and Victoria received limited exposure in the U.S., and is today best known by Blake Edwards’s 1982 remake with Julie Andrews and the 1995 Broadway production. Schünzel’s original version is every bit as charming and outrageous, reminiscent of the sly sex comedies of Ernst Lubitsch and Billy Wilder.’ Film Forum

Screening: Sat 31 Oct 12.30pm, Wed 4 Nov 6.00pm and Sun 15 Nov 3.00pm