Victor and Victoria • 100 Years of Queer German Cinema
Schedule
Tue, 18 Feb, 2025 at 06:00 pm
UTC-05:00Location
Brattle Theatre | Cambridge, MA
In this dazzling musical romance, a young woman (Renate Müller), unable to find work as a music hall singer, partners with a down-and-out thespian (Hermann Thimig) to revamp her act. Pretending to be a man performing in drag, Victoria becomes the toast of the international stage. But she soon finds that her playful bending of genders enmeshes her personal and professional life in a tangle of unexpected complications. Produced in the final days of the Weimar Republic, VICTOR AND VICTORIA received limited exposure in the United States, and is today best known by Blake Edwards’s 1982 remake Victor/Victoria. Viewers will be delighted to discover that the original is every bit as charming and outrageous, reminiscent of the sly sex comedies of Ernst Lubitsch and Billy Wilder. – KinoLorber Films1933 • dir Reinhold Schünzel w/Renate Müller, Hermann Thimig, Hilde Hildebrand • 98 min • DCP
Repertory Series!
Presented by Goethe-Institut Boston and Wicked Queer
100 Years of Queer German Cinema
Tuesdays at 6pm, February 4–April 15, 2025
The Brattle is thrilled to partner with our friends at the Goethe-Institut Boston and Harvard academic Anne Dymek for this special program of film screenings. Dymek and her students will provide introductions to each film, creating a forum for thought and conversation. This is a rare opportunity to see some of the most important queer cinema from the first half of the 20th century alongside groundbreaking work from the 1970s through today.
German Queer cinema has played a pivotal role in the emergence of LGBTQ+ representation on celluloid. With this series, we delve into the groundbreaking contributions of German filmmakers, exemplified by productions like Richard Oswald’s seminal work, DIFFERENT FROM THE OTHERS, a revolutionary 1919 silent melodrama that boldly challenged the oppressive laws of Paragraph 175, which criminalized homosexuality during the Weimar Republic era. Throughout the ensuing century, German cinema has continued to blaze trails, offering a diverse array of films exploring the lives and experiences of LGBTQ+ individuals and communities.
DIFFERENT FROM THE OTHERS • Tue, Feb 4 at 6:00 • Digital
MÄDCHEN IN UNIFORM • Tue, Feb 11 at 6:00 • DCP
VICTOR AND VICTORIA • Tue, Feb 18 at 6:00 • DCP
IT IS NOT THE HOMOSEXUAL WHO IS PERVERSE, BUT THE SOCIETY IN WHICH HE LIVES • Tue, Feb 25 at 6:00 • DCP
Additional Titles TBA
brattlefilm.org/film-series/100-years-of-queer-german-cinema/
Where is it happening?
Brattle Theatre, 40 Brattle Street,Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
