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Grand Hotel ()

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A group of very different individuals staying at a luxurious hotel in Berlin deal with each of their respective dramas.
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  • Won 1 Oscar. Another 2 wins & 1 nomination.
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Grusinskaya
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Baron Felix von Geigern
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Flaemmchen
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General Director Preysing
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Otto Kringelein
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Doctor Otternschlag
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Senf
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Meierheim (as Robert Mc Wade)
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Zinnowitz (as Purnell B. Pratt)
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Pimenov
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Suzette
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Chauffeur
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Gerstenkorn
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Rohna
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Schweimann
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Dr. Waitz
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
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Young Girl in Lobby (uncredited)
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Hotel Guest / Gambler (uncredited)
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Hotel Guest (uncredited)
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Mrs. Hoffman - Young Honeymooner (uncredited)
Oliver Cross ...
Hotel Guest (uncredited)
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Hotel Manager (uncredited)
Wally Dean ...
Hotel Guest (uncredited)
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Clerk (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
Curt Furberg ...
Elevator Operator (uncredited)
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Cameo Appearance (uncredited)
Sherry Hall ...
Hotel Guest (uncredited)
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Mr. Hoffman - Young Honeymooner (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
Sydney Jarvis ...
Police Officer (uncredited)
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Hotel Meat Packer (uncredited)
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Old Lady (uncredited)
Robert Lees ...
Bellboy (uncredited)
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Gambler (uncredited)
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Hotel Guest / Gambler (uncredited)
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Bartender (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
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Housekeeper in Room 174 (uncredited)
King Mojave ...
Hotel Guest (uncredited)
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Hotel Guest (uncredited)
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Chambermaid in Room 174 (uncredited)
Lee Phelps ...
Hotel Guest (uncredited)
Edward Reinach ...
Hotel Guest (uncredited)
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Nurse Helping Old Lady Into Elevator (uncredited)
Dick Rush ...
Gendarme (uncredited)
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Hotel Guest in Bar (uncredited)
Mike Tellegen ...
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
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Hotel Porter (uncredited)
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Worker (uncredited)
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Hotel Guest (uncredited)

Directed by

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Edmund Goulding

Written by

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Vicki Baum ... (by)
 
William Absalom Drake ... (play "America" version by) (as William A. Drake)
 
Béla Balázs ... () (uncredited)
 
William Absalom Drake ... (adaptation) (uncredited)
 
Edgar Allan Woolf ... () (uncredited)

Produced by

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Irving Thalberg ... producer (uncredited)

Music by

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Charles Maxwell ... (uncredited)

Cinematography by

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William H. Daniels ... (photographed by) (as William Daniels)

Editorial Department

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Blanche Sewell ... film editor

Casting By

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Benjamin Thau ... (uncredited)

Art Direction by

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Cedric Gibbons

Costume Design by

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Adrian ... (gowns)

Makeup Department

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Cecil Holland ... makeup department head (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Charles Dorian ... assistant director (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Douglas Shearer ... recording director
Anstruther MacDonald ... sound engineer (uncredited)
Karl Zint ... sound (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Fred Archer ... still photographer (uncredited)
Milton Brown ... still photographer (uncredited)
A. Lindsley Lane ... second assistant camera (uncredited)
William Riley ... assistant camera (uncredited)
Albert Scheving ... assistant camera (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Eugene Joseff ... costume jeweller (uncredited)

Music Department

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William Axt ... composer: title music (uncredited)
Herbert Stothart ... musical director (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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Paul Bern ... supervisor (uncredited)
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Storyline

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Plot Summary

Berlin's plushest, most expensive hotel is the setting where in the words of Dr. Otternschlag "People come, people go. Nothing ever happens.". The doctor is usually drunk so he missed the fact that Baron von Geigern is broke and trying to steal eccentric dancer Grusinskaya's pearls. He ends up stealing her heart instead. Powerful German businessman Preysing brow beats Kringelein, one of his company's lowly bookkeepers but it is the terminally ill Kringelein who holds all the cards in the end. Meanwhile, the Baron also steals the heart of Preysing's mistress, Flaemmchen, but she doesn't end up with either one of them in the end... Written by Gary Jackson

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Also Known As
  • Grand Hôtel (France)
  • Menschen im Hotel (Germany)
  • Gran Hotel (Spain)
  • Гранд хотел (Bulgaria, Bulgarian title)
  • Grande Hotel (Brazil)
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Runtime
  • 112 min
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Box Office

Budget $700,000 (estimated)
Cumulative Worldwide Gross $5,654,920

Did You Know?

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Trivia John Barrymore was so thrilled at the prospect of appearing in the film with Greta Garbo that he accepted a three-picture deal with MGM. See more »
Goofs Although correctly signed with license plates starting with an "I" for Berlin, all the cars are right-hand steered. In Germany they drive on the right (and ever did so), so the steering wheels should be on the left. See more »
Movie Connections Edited into Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972). See more »
Soundtracks Soldier on the Shelf See more »
Quotes Dr. Otternschlag: Grand Hotel... always the same. People come, people go. Nothing ever happens.
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