Trailer for the 1932 Oscar Winning Grand Hotel
Quick Plot
Set in Berlin’s most exclusive hotel, where in the words of disfigured WWI war vereren Dr. Otternschlag “People come, people go; nothing ever happens” – words he also ends the film with. However as the film unfolds this is shown not to be true as broke swindler Baron von Geigern tries to steal from Grusinskaya before falling for her instead. Plenty of other sub plots bubble along and the 112 minutes of the film seems to pass remarkably quickly. Worth watching for Greta Gabos famous line “I want to be alone”.
Cast
Greta Garbo as Grusinskaya – The Dancer
John Barrymore as The Baron Felix von Gaigern
Joan Crawford as Flaemmchen – The Stenographer
Wallace Beery as General Director Preysing
Lionel Barrymore as Otto Kringelein
Lewis Stone as Dr Otternschlag
Jean Hersholt as Senf – The Porter
Robert McWade as Meierheim
Purnell Pratt as Zinnowitz
Ferdinand Gottschalk as Pimenov
Rafaela Ottiano as Suzette
Morgan Wallace as Chauffeur
Tully Marshall as Gerstenkorn
Frank Conroy as Rohna
Murray Kinnell as Schweimann
Edwin Maxwell as Dr Waitz
Cost $700,000 to make.
Grand Hotel is the greatest movie of all time….
Garbo is sublime. she transcends any opinions about acting that anyone may have
Crawford is sublime, she has the greatest body of work of any film star
the movie is an absolute masterpiece, beyond whatever tastes a person my think they have
@VanLat7 Yep, Joan Crawford TOTALLY steals the show… if only Best Supporting Actress had existed…
Some people said that Greta Garbo should win an Oscar for this movie but I saw the movie and in my personal opinion I think Greta Garbo was so overacted and on top of that sometimes she was speaking in sweedish that of course just as sweedish could understand