Movies and TvShows featuring "unexpected-success" theme.

A theater troupe in France faces bankruptcy and aging cast members. They decide to take a risk by cross-dressing and improvising their way to success. However, their backstage antics and stage fright threaten to ruin everything. In the end, they must find a way to overcome their obstacles and put on a successful theater production.

In Victor and Victoria, a woman named Susann pretends to be a man named Viktor who is a talented singer. She achieves success masquerading as a man, but complications arise when a man falls in love with her. Amidst comedic situations and musical performances, Susann must navigate the challenges of keeping her true identity a secret.

One evening in the mid-sixties, Rolf Anschütz, a chef who runs a small restaurant in a town called Suhl in the middle of the East German province of Thuringen offers his guests a unique and exotic meal - Japanese Sukiyaki. It was intent to be a surprise for some of his best customers and it became a great success. Even the local paper wrote about it - and this should change the life of Rolf Anschütz forever.

Ignazio Panizza goes from one failure to the other until he meets a singer, Caterina, provided with an exceptional voice.