The film had been planned as early as 1978, with Julie Andrews to star alongside Peter Sellers, but Sellers died in 1980, while Andrews and Blake Edwards were filming Hollywoodi viimane veidrik (1981). Robert Preston was subsequently cast in the role of Toddy.

The young man who says Victor is "divine" at rehearsal is Blake Edwards' son and Julie Andrews' stepson, Geoffrey Edwards.

Robert Preston did the final musical number in one take, which explains why he was so clearly out of breath, physically stressed, and sweating profusely during the second half of the number.

Before the "Crazy World" number, Victoria does a deal with King: they promise to not keep secrets or hold grudges, they won't plan past tomorrow, and they'll take things one day at a time.

According to Julie Andrews these were the promises she and Blake Edwards made to each other when they married in 1969; they stayed together till Edwards' death in 2010, and both attributed their long marriage to these promises.

The costume worn by Julie Andrews in the number "The Shady Dame From Seville" is in fact the same costume worn by Robert Preston at the end of the film. The costume was made to fit Preston, and then, using a series of hooks and eyes at the back, it was drawn in tightly to fit Andrews' shapely figure. Additional black silk ruffles were also added to the bottom of the costume, to hide the differences in height. It's a pleasure to watch the costume being purposefully damaged by Preston. Now in a private collection, the rips and tears are still present. The fabric is a black and brown crepe, with fine gold threads woven into it, which when lit, appears to have an almost wet look about it.

There were three films, and within them four 1983 Oscar-nominated performances, which featured gender-bending story lines, an all-time record for any one year. The movies and actors were: Dustin Hoffman for Tootsie (1982); Julie Andrews and Robert Preston for Victor Victoria (1982) and John Lithgow for The World According to Garp (1982).

The cockroaches were in a kind of deep freeze coma. They were placed where necessary for the scene and heated with a hair dryer. The crew could only hope that they went in the right direction, and no one knew quite where they went after filming of the scene was completed.

To prepare for her role in this film, Julie Andrews watched Viktor und Viktoria (1933), and took boxing lessons for her punch-out scene. Reportedly, Andrews struggled with her role in this film. Andrews has said of this: "There were so many things to be worked out. As someone who likes to be in control, I felt wobbly. There was something else, too. When you get older, you kind of get on to yourself. You know the tricks you play to get by, and you like them less and less if you care about your work. I was trying hard to get away from them, and was sometimes falling back."

During the "Le Jazz Hot" rehearsal sequence, the Choreographer, who appears to help Victor run through the steps, is actually Choreographer Paddy Stone. He would also appear, uncredited, as the Devil in the surrealistic, "Night Wind Goes To Hell" scene in Blake Edwards' Hollywoodi viimane veidrik (1981).

Julie Andrews really is terrified of cockroaches.

Rumors that Tom Selleck was at one time under consideration to play King Marchand were denied by Blake Edwards, who insisted that his first and only choice for the role was James Garner.

Second of three films that Julie Andrews and James Garner did together. They starred in The Americanization of Emily (1964), and again in One Special Night (1999).

Because this was filmed entirely on sound stages at Pinewood Studios in the U.K., the budget spiraled, partially due to expensive sets -- notably the high-end nightclub, luxury Art Deco hotel rooms, exterior Paris street scenes, and agent offices.

Julie Andrews and Lesley Ann Warren starred as Cinderella in television productions of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II's Cinderella.

This film was based on the German film Viktor und Viktoria (1933), which also exists in an alternate language version as Georges et Georgette (1934). These were remade soon afterwards in 1935, with First a Girl (1935), and again with Viktor und Viktoria (1957). Julie Andrews watched the first film to prepare for her role. This film later became the basis of a successful Broadway musical starring Andrews, and directed by husband Blake Edwards. The Broadway musical version was then made for television, Victor/Victoria (1995), also starring Andrews and directed by Edwards.

Robert Preston had been in films since 1938, and this was his only Oscar nomination.

The film was part of a breakthrough cycle of mainstream Hollywood studio movies featuring gay partnerships and drag characters. Others included Making Love (1982), Cruising (1980), Partners (1982), Tootsie (1982), Personal Best (1982), and Yentl (1983).

The Broadway musical "Victor Victoria", based on the movie, opened at the Marquis Theater on October 25, 1995, and ran for seven hundred thirty-four performances. Liza Minnelli substituted for Julie Andrews, while she was on vacation, and Raquel Welch took over for her, when she left the show.

This was the second consecutive movie that Julie Andrews provoked controversy, in relation to sexuality. In Hollywoodi viimane veidrik (1981), Andrews had appeared topless. Then, in this movie, appeared as a woman in drag, pretending to be a man, pretending to be a woman.

Julie Andrews and Blake Edwards were a married couple. They were together for forty-two years, until Edwards passed away in 2010.

Features the only Oscar nominated performances of Robert Preston and Lesley Ann Warren.

Lesley Ann Warren was offered the role of Norma Cassidy in the stage version of this movie, starring Julie Andrews, but had to turn it down, due to other commitments.

Although Blake Edwards' movies garnered numerous Oscar nominations over the years, this was the only time that he received an Academy Award nomination, for Best Screenplay Adapted from Another Medium. However, in 2004, he was awarded an honorary Oscar in recognition of his writing, directing and producing an extraordinary body of work for the screen.

Blake Edwards said that it only took a month to write the screenplay.

One of many collaborations of Composer Henry Mancini and Blake Edwards.

Julie Andrews reprised her role in 1995, in the Broadway production of this movie.

Lorimar was originally supposed to produce the film, but after seeing that it would cost twenty million dollars, they turned the rights over to MGM.

Last movie of Julie Andrews and Robert Preston together.

One of nine credited collaborations between Julie Andrews and her husband Blake Edwards. The films include 10 (1979), Hollywoodi viimane veidrik (1981), Selline on elu (1986), Darling Lili (1970), The Tamarind Seed (1974), Victor Victoria (1982), Victor/Victoria (1995), and The Man Who Loved Women (1983), plus "Victor Victoria" on Broadway.

Julie Andrews and John Rhys-Davies appeared in The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (2004).

Included among the American Film Institute's 2000 list of the Top 100 Funniest American Movies.

This was the first of Blake Edwards' gender-bender movies, and would be followed by Skin Deep (1989) and Switch (1991).

First of two movies that James Garner made with Blake Edwards. The second was Sunset (1988).

The first English version of the 1933 German film, was First a Girl (1935).

"Toddy", actor Robert Preston in the final scene from Victor/Victoria is wearing dancing shoes for the number, The Shady Dame from Seville. In this scene when Preston is off of his feet one can clearly see his right shoe is a flat, and left shoe has about a 2 inch heel.

Squash Bernstein (Alex Karras) was a football player before he was a bodyguard. In real life, Karras was a football player before he turned to acting.

The bumbling detective Charles Bovin is based on Jacques Clouseau, the bumbling police officer in Blake Edwards's Pink Panther comedy films.

Second and last of two movies Robert Preston made with Blake Edwards, the first being Hollywoodi viimane veidrik (1981).

One of two movies directed by Blake Edwards released in 1982. The other was Trail of the Pink Panther (1982).

This film features actors who have starred in DC Comics films:

• Julie Andrews and John Rhys-Davies starred in Aquaman (2018)
• James Garner starred in Superman/Shazam!: The Return of Black Adam (2010)
• Lesley Ann Warren starred in It's a Bird... It's a Plane... It's Superman! (1975) (she would also appear in Marvel Comics' Daredevil: Reunion (2018))
• Graham Stark starred in Superman III (1983)
• Jay Benedict starred in Pimeduse rüütli taastulek (2012).

Contrary to popular belief, Tom Selleck was never approached by Blake Edwards to star in this film.

In First a Girl (1935). Sonnie Hale played a character named Victor, but it's Jessie Matthews who played the woman, pretending to be a man, pretending to be a woman.

Dick Bush replaced Ernest Day as Cinematographer.

Director Blake Edwards admitted in an interview that he "chickened out", and added the scene in which King Marchand (James Garner) discovers that Victoria (Julie Andrews) is indeed a woman. Originally, he was to fall in love with Victoria before he was sure about her gender, hence his line "I don't care if you are a man" before he kisses her.