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The Grand Budapest Hotel

Grand Budapest Hotel
Homage 2017
© TCFHE
In a tiny fictional Eastern European country in 1932, Monsieur Gustave is the concierge of the swanky “Grand Budapest” mountain hotel. A wealthy patron, Madame D., leaves him a painting, “Boy with Apple”, in her will. In order to save the picture from the dead lady’s greedy relatives, Gustave and the lobby boy Zero steal the painting. Gustave lands in prison after the deceased woman’s son accuses him of murdering the mother, but manages to escape with Zero’s help. As the concierge tries to clear up the circumstances of Madame D.’s death, dark clouds loom over the current events horizon ... “I find these black uniforms very drab.” To provide a merry counterpoint to the fascist dictatorship that will do in Monsieur Gustave, Milena Canonero unleashed a torrent of colour in her costume design. The cheerful purple of the hotel uniforms harmonises with the pink and red of the hotel’s interiors. The yellow “Klimt dress” and red velvet coat worn by Madame D. are powerful testimony to liberal, heterogeneous tastes, while the black leather coats and uniforms of the military characters portend a future of aesthetic conformity.
by Wes Anderson
with Ralph Fiennes, F. Murray Abraham, Mathieu Amalric, Adrien Brody, Willem Dafoe, Jeff Goldblum, Harvey Keitel, Jude Law, Bill Murray USA / Germany 2014 English 100’ Colour Rating R12

With

  • Ralph Fiennes
  • F. Murray Abraham
  • Mathieu Amalric
  • Adrien Brody
  • Willem Dafoe
  • Jeff Goldblum
  • Harvey Keitel
  • Jude Law
  • Bill Murray

Crew

Written and Directed by Wes Anderson based on an idea by Wes Anderson and Hugo Guinness
Cinematography Robert D. Yeoman
Editing Barney Pilling
Music Alexandre Desplat
Sound Pawel Wdowczak
Production Design Adam Stockhausen
Art Director Gerald Sullivan, Stephan Gessler
Costumes Milena Canonero
Wardrobe Supervision Patricia Colin
Make-Up Frances Hannon, Heike Merker, Daniela Skala
Producers Wes Anderson, Steven M. Rales, Scott Rudin, Jeremy Dawson

Produced by

American Empirical Pictures/Indian Paintbrush Productions/ Scott Rudin Productions/Studio Babelsberg Film

Additional information

DCP: Twentieth Century Fox of Germany

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Wes Anderson

Wes Anderson was born in Houston, Texas. His films include Bottle Rocket, Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, The Darjeeling Limited, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Moonrise Kingdom and The Grand Budapest Hotel.

Filmography

1996 Bottle Rocket (Durchgeknallt) 1998 Rushmore 2001 The Royal Tenenbaums (Die Royal Tenenbaums) 2004 The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (Die Tiefseetaucher) 2007 The Darjeeling Limited (Darjeeling Limited) 2009 Fantastic Mr. Fox (Der Fantastische Mr. Fox) 2012 Moonrise Kingdom 2014 The Grand Budapest Hotel (Grand Budapest Hotel) 2018 Isle of Dogs (Isle of Dogs – Ataris Reise)

Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2018