cc New documentary Checking Out: Grand Hotel Premiere newsreel Vintage musical short Nothing Ever Happens Just a Word of Warning theatre announcement Trailers of this and the 1945 remake Week-End at the Waldorf Languages: English & Français Subtitles: English, Français & Español Region: 1
[WS] Audio: DD1
Rating: NR Genre: Drama Release Date: 09/06/2005 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.
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