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Actors: Greta Garbo, John Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore, Wallace Beery, Joan Crawford
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Grand Hotel |
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In the decadent Grand Hotel of Berlin, several stories take place in the hotel where "nothing ever happens." Grusinskaya, a frustrated ballet dancer (who "vants to be alone"), falls for the bankrupt Baron Felix von Geigern, who first tried to rob her of her jewelry. Preysing, a businessman, tries to save his struggling company and begins a fling with his new stenographer. A dying man once a mere bookkeeper for Preysing, named Kringelein, is spending his last days alive in this expensive hotel and enjoying the luxuries never afforded him in the past.
This all-star cast soap opera won the Best Picture Oscar in 1932.
--Sara Embrey, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Grand Hotel |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1930's-1950's
Romance/Love/Hugging
Yes
Kind of romance:
- romancing for business purpose
Inner struggle or disability
Yes
Brain/Body not working?
- dying
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Profession/status:
- dancer
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Body type
- (woman) skinny
Events of movie makes character more...
- happy
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Russian
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average build
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- German
Main Adversary
Identity:
- general circumstances
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- Germany
City?
Yes
City:
- wealthy
Misc setting
- resort/hotel
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- depressed/sad
Check here if B&W
Yes
Any profanity?
- None
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
Is this movie based on a
- play
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