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Released 15 years ago.
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Hotel Lux
2011 1h 42m DE
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5.9
MID
★5.9TMDB · 49
ComedyDrama
Synopsis
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In 1938 Hans Zeisig, an apolitical comedian, impersonator and cabaret actor, flees with a Russian passport (instead of American, which he would have preferred) from Nazi-Berlin, and finds himself in the legendary Hotel Lux, the 'lost paradise' of the Comintern, in Moscow. Everyone believes that Zeisig is a man named Hansen, Hitler's personal astrologer. But Zeisig quickly realizes that he's gone from the frying pan into the fire. In the Hotel Lux he meets his friends Frida and later Meyer again, still passionate communists. For the three idealists an adventure between love and death begins to run his course.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Cast
Michael Herbig
Hans Zeisig
Jürgen Vogel
Siegfried Meyer
Thekla Reuten
Frida von Oorten
Valeriy Grishko
Stalin
Alexander Senderovich
Jeschow
Juraj Kukura
Wassili Ulrich
Thomas Thieme
Georgi Dimitroff
Gennadi Vengerov
Upit
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Leander Haußmann
- Writers
- Leander Haußmann
- Languages
- Russian, German, English
- Countries
- Germany
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WORLD
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Dialogue crosses 3 languages: Russian, German, English.
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DIRECTOR
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Directed by Leander Haußmann, shot by Hagen Bogdanski. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
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DIRECTOR
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Original score by Ralf Wengenmayr. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
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DIRECTOR
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Editor Hansjörg Weißbrich shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
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CAST
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Michael Herbig and Jürgen Vogel and Thekla Reuten carry the top of the cast.
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WILD
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IMDB entry: tt1529559 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
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WILD
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Only 49 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
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The take
Leander Haußmann directs. Hagen Bogdanski behind the camera. Ralf Wengenmayr scores. Hansjörg Weißbrich cuts. Produced in Germany. Dialogue in Russian, German, English.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Released 15 years ago.
- 2Dialogue crosses 3 languages: Russian, German, English.
- 3Directed by Leander Haußmann, shot by Hagen Bogdanski. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 4Original score by Ralf Wengenmayr. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
- 5Editor Hansjörg Weißbrich shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 6Michael Herbig and Jürgen Vogel and Thekla Reuten carry the top of the cast.
- 7IMDB entry: tt1529559 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 8Only 49 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Hagen Bogdanski
- Original score
- Ralf Wengenmayr
- Editing
- Hansjörg Weißbrich
- Production design
- Uli Hanisch
- Costume design
- Ute Paffendorf
- Makeup / hair
- Georg Korpas
- Runtime
- 102 min · 1h 42m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- DE
- IMDB
- Hotel Lux (2011)
Also by
Leander Haußmann
Production companies
Who made it
Bavaria Pictures
DE
- CO
Colonia Media Filmproduktions GmbH
- LI
Little Shark Entertainment
DE
Bavaria Film
DE
- BS
BSI
DE
- BE
Beeplex
DE
- RA
Rainer Windhager Film Production
AT
RBB
DE
WDR
DE
BR
DE
ARD Degeto
DE
- HE
herbX film
DE
Key crew
- IdeaHelmut Dietl
- IdeaUwe Timm
- IdeaVolker Einrauch
- ProducerGünter Rohrbach
- ProducerCorinna Eich
- Production DesignUli Hanisch
- Art DirectionKai Koch
- Costume DesignUte Paffendorf
- EditorHansjörg Weißbrich
- Makeup ArtistGeorg Korpas
- Makeup ArtistKitty Kratschke
- Makeup ArtistKatharina Nädelin
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical2011-12-20
Also known as
International titles
- 狂人大悶鍋TW
