Germany / Oct 27, 2011 / 6
Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
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.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Thomas Thieme | Georgi Dimitroff |
| Sebastian Blomberg | Karl-Heinz Müller |
| Axel Wandtke | Walter Ulbricht |
| Steffi Kühnert | Lotte Kühn |
| Jürgen Mikol | Fritz Petter |
| Leander Haußmann | Inspizient |
| Arved Birnbaum | Obersturmbannführer |
| Daniel Wiemer | Herbert Wehner |
| Gennadi Vengerov | Upit |
| Josef Ostendorf | Mama |
| Sibylle Canonica | Frau Platten |
| Matthias Brenner | Wilhelm Pieck |
| Johann Adam Oest | Valetti |
| Uwe Dag Berlin | Hubert Kessel |
| Yevgeni Sitokhin | Stalins Übersetzer 1 |
| Steffen Scheumann | Stalins Übersetzer 2 |
| Julius Felsberg | Karlchen |
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| David Kuhl | Bertchen |
| Greta Bohacek | Marlene |
| Ina Paule Klink | Tänzerin / Starlet |
| Axel Sichrovsky | SS-Mann |
| Holger Handtke | Ribbentrop |
| Jakob Köhn | Molotow |
| Krzysztof Dracz | Berija |
| Samir Osman | NKWD-Mann 1 |
| Mark Zak | NKWD-Mann 2 |
| Tomas Jester | NKWD-Mann 3 |
| Joan Pascu | Delegierter |
| Boris Naujoks | Fridas Genosse |
| Johanna Penski | Passantin |
| Jutta Post | Passantin |
| Gisela Neumann | Passantin |
| Martin Olbertz | Verhafteter |
| Torsten Michaelis | Wachsoldat 1 |
| Hendrik Arnst | Wachsoldat 2 |
| Nina Weiss | Varietétänzerin 1 |
| Gloria Wind | Varietétänzerin 2 |
| Marianne Tarnowskij | Varietétänzerin 3 |
| Faye Anderson | Varietétänzerin 4 |
| Lyndsey Stokes | Varietétänzerin 5 |
| Holger Oppenhoff | Mitglied des Bohèmeorchesters |
| Josef Svoboda | Mitglied des Bohèmeorchesters |
| Guido Schlösser | Mitglied des Bohèmeorchesters |
| Rudi Lips | Mitglied des Bohèmeorchesters |
| Martin Langer | Mitglied des Bohèmeorchesters |
| Tobias Koch | Mitglied des Bohèmeorchesters |
| Thomas Bauer | Mitglied des Bohèmeorchesters |
| Jaymes Butler | Joe |
| Marco Klammer | Besucher im Varieté |
| Sylvia Schwarz | Französin |
Genres
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Hotel Lux |
| Original language | Deutsch (DE) |
| Spoken languages | Pусский, Deutsch, English |
| Production countries | Germany |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Bavaria Pictures, Colonia Media Filmproduktions GmbH, Little Shark Entertainment, Bavaria Film, BSI International Invest, Beeplex, Rainer Windhager Film Production, RBB, WDR, BR, ARD Degeto, herbX film |
| Release date | 27 ottobre 2011 |
| Production | Corinna Eich, Günter Rohrbach |
| Writer | Leander Haußmann, Helmut Dietl, Uwe Timm, Volker Einrauch |
| Editing | Hansjörg Weißbrich |
| Cinematography | Hagen Bogdanski |
| Assistant directors | Leander Haußmann |
| Camera operators | Hagen Bogdanski |
| Additional photography | Hagen Bogdanski |
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| Production design | Uli Hanisch, Kai Koch |
| Art direction | Kai Koch, Uli Hanisch |
| Set decoration | Kai Koch, Uli Hanisch |
| Music | Ralf Wengenmayr |
| Sound | Ralf Wengenmayr |
| Costume design | Ute Paffendorf, Georg Korpas, Kitty Kratschke, Katharina Nädelin |
| Makeup | Georg Korpas, Kitty Kratschke, Katharina Nädelin, Ute Paffendorf |
| Hairstyling | Ute Paffendorf, Georg Korpas, Kitty Kratschke, Katharina Nädelin |
Release dates
Theatrical release
United States / Dec 20, 2011
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