Viktor und Viktoria

---

Viktor and Viktoria

Forward, move!

THEATRICAL AGENCY

"Thou best of beings, how is my soul

'twixt eye and ear divided!"

"No:
'twas not she I snatched from..."

Two marks for Friday ticket.

I'm not crazy, they should be happy

someone wants to see that nonsense.

Too bad, somehow

it'd be a great evening.

Concentrated, well made, intense.

OPERETTA:

Next, please.

In my day, this wasn't possible. It's

getting more difficult with every year.

All those people who want to

go to the theatre these days!

It should be prohibited.

There should be a law.

DRAMA:

"Oh, ye who stand around

with terror dumb,

and mute surprise,

Do not condemn..."

Damn it! Excuse me.

"...do not condemn the youth

Who holds this language

to the king, his father."

"Look on this corpse."

"Behold! for me he died."

"If ye have tears - if in your veins

flow blood,not molten brass

look here, and blame me not."

And blame me not.

"Doubtless you wait the end

of this rude scene?"

"Here is my sword.

For you are still my king.

Think not I fear your vengeance.

I here renounce all that this world

can offer to my hopes."

Do you want me to sing

something light, too?

Yes, please!

No, thanks!

Light roles are mine, my dear miss.

You're too young for our stage.

Maybe later.

- Later?

- Ten years from now.

Next one, please. And make it fast,

I don't have much time.

"Now I am alone.

O what a rogue and

peasant slave am I!"

"A dull and muddy-mettled rascal

Like John-a-dreams,

unpregnant of my cause.

Am I a coward?

Who calls me villain?"

"Bloody, bawdy villain!"

"Remorseless, kindless villain!"

"Fie upon't! Foh!"

"About, my brain!"

"I have heard that guilty creatures

sitting at a play

have by the very cunning of the scene

been struck so..."

Struck...

Struck so...

Next!

Next, please.

Wait a moment.

Director.

Director, I...

I also know the role of Karl Moor

in "The Robbers"

by Friedrich von Schiller.

And likewise I had

extraordinary success as Romeo,

as Romeo in

"Romeo and Juliet" by Shakespeare.

And by said Shakespeare,

I can also offer "Othello",

as the Moor of Venice.

And also, if you please ...

I was the protagonist in

"Kthchen of Heilbronn" by Kleist.

I, as Knight vom Strahl.

Thank you. You will receive our reply.

I will begin with

the speech of Mark Anthony.

"Friends, Romans, countrymen,

lend me your ears. "

Idiots!

Hamlet is missing.

Is this you?

Yes, indeed!

- You can play Hamlet?

- Of course!

Any objections?

No.

But I could have sworn ...

What?

That you're a comedian.

Don't make me laugh!

Dear Miss...

Meet the hero and lover,

Viktor Hempel!

Very pleased to meet you.

I'm Susanne Lohr.

Don't get me wrong, Herr Hempel.

The bit about the comedian

wasn't meant seriously.

You haven't been long

in the industry, right?

A newcomer, Herr Hempel.

Oh, I see.

Not so loud! There's no need

for everyone to know about it.

No false shame,

everybody has started at the bottom.

Courage!

And everything will be fine.

I would like to make a career,

I've got talent and I am gifted

I would like to make a career,

but luck hasn't favoured me yet.

I can sing, laugh, and dance,

but still I don't have any money

I can be serious or light,

but still I don't make any progress.

Yes, it's a shame.

This terrible draught!

My voice...

Oh this world is just illusion...

- Must it be the theatre at all costs?

- Yes!

Why don't you try something else?

I must succeed by all means,

I won't rest until I'm successful,

I want to be a star without equal

and have the world at my feet,

I want to stand in the limelight,

and everyone shall see what I can do,

I want to be on the posters in bold face

And at the top, at the very top,

At the very top!

Dear Miss Lohr,

it's not as easy as you think.

Talent is only secondary.

The main thing with

every theatre director is

patronage, patronage.

I knew it! I have a cold.

Patronage.

I have no patronage, as

unfortunately I don't know anyone here.

I only know you.

Are you a celebrity?

I'm already someone.

I have my job.

- Right now, they scrambled to get me.

- Really? Congratulations.

Don't congratulate me yet.

I didn't accept the salary.

I didn't accept the offer.

You didn't get a contract?

I'm used to it.

The salary, I mean.

You can afford it,

you act the heroic parts.

I don't play anything,

and have even less money.

Dear child, never give up.

Always keep your hopes, always.

Why is that window open?

Let me tell you something,

out of experience.

One day in spring,

luck will call at your door,

and the world will be ablaze

with golden light.

Then reach out to luck,

don't ever let it go again,

firmly lock it in with you forever.

For everyone there comes an hour

in which the sun smiles brightly

and in which Fortune

beckons to you.

One day in spring,

luck will call at your door

and will make your

wildest dreams come true.

There should be a law.

Miss, it has been a pleasure.

But what awful weather today!

Too bad about your suit!

I'll only walk over

to the Esplanade Hotel.

The director from Baden-Baden

has invited me to lunch there.

- Enjoy your meal, then!

- Same to you!

People like me cannot afford

to go to such places.

SELF-SERVICE

But that's Hamlet sitting there!

I thought you were dining

at the Esplanade Hotel.

With the director

from Baden-Baden.

Baden-Baden is too far away

in the South for me.

Well, if it were in the North

or in the West!

I have called the director to

tell him I was not interested.

In addition, the city is too small.

What kind of theatre could it be?

I pity the man,

he was out of his mind.

Well, what shall he do without me?

Hempels do not abound.

What did you say?

No, I'm all silent.

And that's why,

for this reason...

Herr Hempel,

Not a single word you say is true.

Dear miss, I ask you!

You spread it on thick!

Well, a little.

Yes, just a little.

Actually, I'm hard up.

I'm in bad circumstances.

Other people steal my roles.

Nothing but grudgers and schemers.

But worst are the directors.

They should be eradicated.

Root and branch!

How you must feel inside...

Terrible.

Waiter, another beer.

Have you read the reviews about me?

You'll be speechless.

"Mr. Hempel was completely

miscast as Hamlet,

the audience didn't stop

laughing at him. "

They don't know anything!

- You also played Tell?

- With an unprecedented success.

The audience was enthusiastic

about the apple shot.

I had to shoot twice.

That's me as Tell.

And who is this?

It's a girl!

It's me.

You, the heroic actor as a woman?

That must be some joke.

Sadly, it's serious.

Do you know how to keep a secret?

Since last winter I've been working in

small variety shows occasionally,

and I earn some marks as ...

- Otto?

- Yes?

Have all the artists arrived?

All but number 6, Viktoria. But he will

only be on after the intermission.

Hello, young man!

You've forgotten something!

I'm terrified. I'd rather ...

That's just stage fright.

Rate this script:0.0 / 0 votes