Grand Hotel (1932)

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Directed by

Edmund Goulding

Starring (View all)

Greta Garbo
Grusinskaya

John Barrymore
Baron Felix von Geigern

Joan Crawford
Flaemmchen

Wallace Beery
General Director Preysing

Lionel Barrymore
Otto Kringelein

Lewis Stone
Doctor Otternschlag

Jean Hersholt
Senf

Robert McWade
Meierheim

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Vicki Baum
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Béla Balázs
uncredited

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Do not miss this movie!

15 years, 4 months ago at Dec 17 10:26

Nonfictionguy

A lot has changed since 1932, when this film was first released. After watching this movie I realise that not all the changes in film making since then have been for the better.

A few of the stars from this movie made such an impact that they are still known today, such as Greta Garbomay and Joan Crawford. But It isn't the stars, cinematography or acting that will win you over. The... read more

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14 years, 10 months ago at Jun 18 17:53

topaz

Really great Garbo movie, with all the thrills of love and deception in a ritzy Hotel.

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5 years, 7 months ago at Sep 26 15:05

trippio

This doesn't belong in the top 50, let alone the top 5. The other 49 I think are the finest movies made. This is overblown, overacted, overrated. Very dated and, unless you care about these actors as celebrities, not very interesting.

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Description: This Academy Award winner for Best Picture is a sweeping soap opera about the guests at the Grand Hotel. Several plots intertwine, but mostly it's about Stars! Stars! Stars! Greta Garbo, Joan Crawford, Wallace Beery, and both Barrymore brothers head up the cast. Garbo is luminous as Grusinskaya, the neurotic and famous-but-slipping dancer and, yes, she "vonts to be alone." John Barrymore is a cat burglar with blue blood and a heart of gold, and Lionel Barrymore happily caroms off him as Mr. Kringelein, a dying man who wants to live out the time he has left with the rich. Joan Crawford is perhaps the biggest surprise of ... (more)

Release date: 11 September 1932
UPC: 012569508422

Tags: Drama (6), 1930s (5), Romance (4), 1932 (4), Murder (4), Gambling (4), Dog (3), Nobility (3), Elevator (3), Hotel (3), Ballerina (3), Money (3), Fraud (3), Germany (3), Best Picture Oscar (2), Jewel Thief (2), Based On Play (2), Doctor (2), Porter (2), Hearse (1)

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