Rating: NR
Genre:
Drama
Release Date: 02/03/2004
SubTitles: English/French/Espanol
Dubbed: English/French
Sound: DD1
Run Time: 112 Minutes
Flags: Adult Situations
Distributor/Studio: Warner Home Video
Based on
Vicki Baum's novel and produced by
Irving Thalberg, this film is about the lavish Grand Hotel in Berlin, a place where "nothing ever happens." That statement proves to be false, however, as the story follows an intertwining cast of characters over the course of one tumultuous day.
Greta Garbo is
Grusinskaya, a ballerina whose jewels are coveted by
Baron von Geigern (
John Barrymore), a thief who fancies
Flaemmchen (
Joan Crawford), a stenographer and the mistress of
Preysing (
Wallace Beery), businessman boss of
Kringelein (
Lionel Barrymore), a terminally ill bookkeeper who is under the care of alcoholic physician
Dr. Otternschlag (
Lewis Stone).
Grand Hotel won Best Picture at the 1932 Academy Awards.
~ Matthew Tobey, All Movie Guide