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The Grand Budapest Hotel

- A murder case of Madam D. with enormous wealth and the most outrageous events surrounding her sudden death!

The Grand Budapest Hotel tells of a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars and his friendship with a young employee who becomes his trusted protégé. The story involves the theft and recovery of a priceless Renaissance painting, the battle for an enormous family fortune and the slow and then sudden upheavals that transformed Europe during the first half of the 20th century.

Release Date : 2014-02-26

Language :EnglishFrench

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Fox Searchlight PicturesScott Rudin ProductionsStudio BabelsbergIndian PaintbrushTSG EntertainmentAmerican Empirical Pictures

Production Country : GermanyUnited States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : M. Gustave

Original Name : Ralph Fiennes

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mr. Moustafa

Original Name : F. Murray Abraham

Gender : Male

Character Name : Serge X.

Original Name : Mathieu Amalric

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dmitri

Original Name : Adrien Brody

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jopling

Original Name : Willem Dafoe

Gender : Male

Character Name : Deputy Kovacs

Original Name : Jeff Goldblum

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ludwig

Original Name : Harvey Keitel

Gender : Male

Character Name : Young Author

Original Name : Jude Law

Gender : Male

Character Name : M. Ivan

Original Name : Bill Murray

Gender : Male

Character Name : Henckels

Original Name : Edward Norton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Agatha

Original Name : Saoirse Ronan

Gender : Female

Character Name : M. Jean

Original Name : Jason Schwartzman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Clotilde

Original Name : Léa Seydoux

Gender : Female

Character Name : Madame D.

Original Name : Tilda Swinton

Gender : Female

Character Name : Author

Original Name : Tom Wilkinson

Gender : Male

Character Name : M. Chuck

Original Name : Owen Wilson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Zero

Original Name : Tony Revolori

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mr. Mosher

Original Name : Larry Pine

Gender : Male

Character Name : Serge's Sister

Original Name : Giselda Volodi

Gender : Female

Character Name : Pinky

Original Name : Florian Lukas

Gender : Male

Character Name : Wolf

Original Name : Karl Markovics

Gender : Male

Character Name : Günther

Original Name : Volker Michalowski

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lieutenant

Original Name : Neal Huff

Gender : Male

Character Name : M. Martin

Original Name : Bob Balaban

Gender : Male

Character Name : M. Robin

Original Name : Fisher Stevens

Gender : Male

Character Name : M. Georges

Original Name : Wallace Wolodarsky

Gender : Male

Character Name : M. Dino

Original Name : Waris Ahluwalia

Gender : Male

Character Name : Student

Original Name : Jella Niemann

Gender : Male

Character Name : Author's Grandson

Original Name : Marcel Mazur

Gender : Male

Character Name : Alpine Hiker

Original Name : Robert Bienas

Gender : Male

Character Name : Front Desk (1968)

Original Name : Manfred Lindner

Gender : Male

Character Name : Composer

Original Name : Oliver Claridge

Gender : Male

Character Name : Businessman

Original Name : Bernhard Kremser

Gender : Male

Character Name : Actor

Original Name : Kunichi Nomura

Gender : Male

Character Name : Nun

Original Name : Sister Anna Rademacher

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bather

Original Name : Heinz-Werner Jeschkowski

Gender : Male

Character Name : Head Waiter (1968)

Original Name : Steffen Scheumann

Gender : Male

Character Name : Schoolteacher

Original Name : Sabine Euler

Gender : Male

Character Name : Widow

Original Name : Renate Klein

Gender : Male

Character Name : Second Waiter (1968)

Original Name : Uwe Holoubek

Gender : Male

Character Name : Footman (1932)

Original Name : Francesco Zippel

Gender : Male

Character Name : Footman (1932)

Original Name : Enrico Hoffmann

Gender : Male

Character Name : Anatole

Original Name : Daniel Steiner

Gender : Male

Character Name : Housekeeper (1932)

Original Name : Marie Goyette

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ernst

Original Name : Hendrik von Bültzingslöwen

Gender : Male

Character Name : Igor

Original Name : Paul Schlase

Gender : Male

Character Name : Doorman (1932)

Original Name : Jenő Orosz

Gender : Male

Character Name : Doorman (1932)

Original Name : Gyula Lukács

Gender : Male

Character Name : Chauffeur

Original Name : Darin Damjanow

Gender : Male

Character Name : Crippled Shoeshine Boy

Original Name : Dar Ronge

Gender : Male

Character Name : Front Desk (1932)

Original Name : Georg Rittmannsperger

Gender : Male

Character Name : Front Desk (1932)

Original Name : Dirk Bossmann

Gender : Male

Character Name : Front Desk (1932)

Original Name : Arwin Lobedann

Gender : Male

Character Name : Herr Schneider

Original Name : Robin Hurlstone

Gender : Male

Character Name : Frau Liebling

Original Name : Jutta Westphal

Gender : Male

Character Name : Chef (1932)

Original Name : Matthias Holfert

Gender : Male

Character Name : Grande Dame

Original Name : Lisa Kreuzer

Gender : Female

Character Name : Grande Dame

Original Name : Gisela Bech

Gender : Male

Character Name : Grande Dame

Original Name : Birgit Müller

Gender : Male

Character Name : Grande Dame

Original Name : Ursula Kuhnt

Gender : Male

Character Name : Grande Dame

Original Name : Monika Krüger

Gender : Male

Character Name : Herr Becker

Original Name : Wolfram Nielacny

Gender : Male

Character Name : Head Waiter (1932)

Original Name : Reinhold Hegelow

Gender : Male

Character Name : Second Waiter (1932)

Original Name : Steffen Nixdorf

Gender : Male

Character Name : Herr Mendl

Original Name : Rainer Reiners

Gender : Male

Character Name : Franz

Original Name : Milton Welsh

Gender : Male

Character Name : Taxi Driver

Original Name : Piet Paes

Gender : Male

Character Name : Marguerite

Original Name : Michaela Caspar

Gender : Female

Character Name : Laetizia

Original Name : Sabine Urig

Gender : Female

Character Name : Carolina

Original Name : Heike Hanold-Lynch

Gender : Female

Character Name : Old Man

Original Name : Roy Macready

Gender : Male

Character Name : Young Man

Original Name : John Peet

Gender : Male

Character Name : Distant Relation

Original Name : Carl Sprague

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lutz Police Militia

Original Name : Golo Euler

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lutz Police Militia

Original Name : Jürgen Schwämmle

Gender : Male

Character Name : Giant Convict

Original Name : Frank Jacob

Gender : Male

Character Name : Parcel Inspector

Original Name : Roman Berger

Gender : Male

Character Name : Snitch

Original Name : Michael Benthin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Prison Guard

Original Name : Matthias Matschke

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lobby Boy

Original Name : Lennart Meyer

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lobby Boy

Original Name : Alfred Hänel

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lobby Boy

Original Name : Manpreet Gerlach

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lobby Boy

Original Name : David Adamik

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lobby Boy

Original Name : Moritz Hepper

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cook

Original Name : David Cioffi

Gender : Male

Character Name : Pump Attendant

Original Name : Lucas Hedges

Gender : Male

Character Name : Monk

Original Name : Wolfgang Czeczor

Gender : Male

Character Name : Monk

Original Name : Philipp Sonntag

Gender : Male

Character Name : Monk

Original Name : Hans Martin Stier

Gender : Male

Character Name : Monk

Original Name : Georg Tryphon

Gender : Male

Character Name : Otto

Original Name : Gabriel Rush

Gender : Male

Character Name : Soldier

Original Name : Hannes Wegener

Gender : Male

Character Name : Soldier

Original Name : Gerald Sullivan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Soldier

Original Name : Oliver Hazell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Soldier

Original Name : Ben Howard

Gender : Male

Character Name : Judge

Original Name : Bohumil Váchal

Gender : Male

Character Name : Zig-Zag

Original Name : Marko Dyrlich

Gender : Male

Character Name : 'Boy with Apple' (model)

Original Name : Ed Munro

Gender : Male

Reviews

Andres Gomez

@tanty

2021-06-23

Yet another well crafter Wes Anderson's movie. Fiennes and Revolori perform well and the amount of well known actors and actresses is incredible but we have seen similar ways and scripts in his previous movies. It's entertaining, though.

CRCulver

@CRCulver

2021-06-23

Wes Anderson's THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL is the director's celebration of Central Europe culture and fashion in the years between the World Wars, and an elegy for what was lost with the rise of fascism and communism. Set in 1932 in a fictional country called Zubrowka, the streets, military regalia and (ersatz) German names we are shown could have come from anywhere between Germany and Estonia. Its protagonist Gustave H. (Ralph Fiennes) is a concierge at the eponymous luxury hotel, the splendour of which disappeared, we are told, with World War II. Gustave H. is known publicly as one of the best concierges in the business, able to dash around the hotel at lightning speed to satisfy the most varied guests of the elite clientele. Privately, he's a rake with a rather foul mouth, and fond of bedding the rich old women who patronize the establishment. When one of those old ladies, Madame Céline Villeneuve Desgoffe und Taxis (Tilda Swinton) dies and Gustave is framed for her murder, he must evade the law and unmask the true culprit, with the help of newly hired lobby boy Zero Mustafa (Tony Revolori). The films of Wes Anderson are known for their immense visual detail, and THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL is no exception. The elaborate framing of shots, the myriad cute items to look at on every set, and the architectural detail are like a diorama blown up to the big screen. Curiously, that visual detail is matched to a real slackness in the human characterization. Anderson has brought in a large number of actors he had worked with before, including Adrien Brody, Jeff Goldblum, Ed Norton, and Bill Murray, for roles that range from the main villain to little more than cameos. These characters are never fleshed out like Gustave H. or Zero Mustafa, and the actors don't even try to pass themselves off as Central Europeans from the entre deux guerres. Instead Adrien Brody plays Adrien Brody, etc. There are two supporting roles that I felt were stronger. William Defoe plays a nearly mute henchman whose look is a nod to early vampire films (Transylvania was Central Europe, too). More remarkable is Harvey Keitel's turn as an old prisoner: when so many handsome leading men try to hide the effects of time after they enter their sunset years, 75-year-old Keitel was not afraid to show the ravages of old age here. Unfortunately, I found the 21st-century Americans strutting about (and a few speaking in rough New York accents) in a historical drama to be jarring. I was also disappointed by the resort to Hollywood tropes here, when Anderson's earlier films managed to be very quirky and sui generis. For example, did we really need not just one scene where a character is hanging off a cliff's edge as the villain stands over him, but two? And the amount of plot details that are introduced but never really explained makes one feel that the work was subject to some heavy cuts to please a studio. Still, if you liked Wes Anderson's earlier films, you'll find much to enjoy in his dollhouse approach, and it is amazing how every one of his films has a completely new and fresh visual theming even if his quasi-autistic obsession with prettiness never changes. Another thing I liked about the film is its "story within a story within a story". The entire plot of Gustave H. is, we are shown, taken from a fictionalized treatment by a writer who met a middle-aged Mustafa (F. Murray Abraham) in the 1960s. Befitting this novelistic layer -- and the work of Stefan Zweig that Anderson credits for inspiration -- this framing story is written in stilted, unrealistic dialogue like an old-time novel. And the aspect ratio changes for each layer of the film, a little treat for cinema anoraks.