Victor/Victoria

Victor/Victoria is a Musical film américano - British carried out by Blake Edwards and left in 1982.

Synopsis

In the Years 1920 with Paris, Victoria Grant is singer and does not find a contract to remain. In cause of despair, and following its meeting with homosexual a quinquagénaire, she disguises herself as a man and, thanks to her Tessiture exceptional, creates a spectacle of transvestite.

She then knows under the name of Victor Grezhinski one big hit, at the point to draw the attention of a producing of spectacles American, very amateur of women.

Data sheet

Title: Victor/Victoria
Realization: Blake Edwards
Scenario: Blake Edwards according to the scenario of Viktor und Viktoria of Reinhold Schünzel and Hans Hoemburg (1933)
Music: Henry Mancini
Production: Tony Adams and Blake Edwards
Kind: Musical film
Lasted: 132 minutes
Format: Color

Distribution

Julie Andrews: Victoria Grant, Count Victor Grezhinski
James Garner: Commercial King
Robert Preston: Carroll Todd ( Toddy )
Lesley Ann Warren: Cassady
Alex Karras normalized: Squash Bernstein
John Rhys-Davies: Andre Cassel

Rewards

Oscar, 1982, better original song and its adaptation: Leslie Bricusse and Henry Mancini
Golden Globe, 1982, better actress (Comedy/Musical comedy): Julie Andrews
National Board Off Review 1982, best supporting role: Robert Preston
Writers Guild Off America Awards, 1982, better adapted comedy of another work: Blake Edwards
César of the cinema, better foreign film 1983.

Around film

It acts of the remake of a German film of 1933: Viktor und Viktoria of Reinhold Schünzel

See too

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