9:00 p.m.	Viktor und Viktoria Reinhold Schünzel (Germany, 1933)

Sanjay Hukku is a Ph.D. student in film studies at UC Berkeley.

Mr. Viktoria (Renate Müller) straddles a bar stool as awkwardly as she swaps genders in this nimble operetta, but she still manages to fool most of the people most of the time. Reinhold Schünzel's film of a woman pretending to be a man pretending to be a woman was the top German box-office hit of 1933, the same year the Weimar Republic ended and Hitler began his ascension to power. And though Viktor und Viktoria would inspire several later films—most notably Blake Edwards's faithful remake—the original is remarkable in its devotion to the cadences of speech and music. Especially charming, though, is the almost wordless sequence of brutal male initiation rites that Susanne/Viktor's love interest subjects her to: tall drinks, loose women, bar brawls, and a synchronized shave by a couple of effete barbers. This print has no subtitles, but a complete English synopsis will be provided.

—Lucy Laird

• Written by Schünzel. Photographed by Konstantin Irmen-Tachet. With Renate Müller, Hermann Thimig, Adolf Wohlbruck, Hilde Hildebrand. (84 mins, In German with English synopsis, B&W, 35mm, From Transit Film, permission Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Stiftung)

Preceded by short:
Know Thy Wife (Al Christie, U.S., 1918). Bruce Loeb on Piano. Bob disguises his new wife Betty (Dorothy Devore) as a particularly intimate school chum to avoid his parents' wrath. Hijinks ensue. (13 mins, Silent, B&W, 35mm, From Library and Archives Canada)

• (Total running time: 97 mins)