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{{quote|"Grand Hotel... always the same. People come, people go. Nothing ever happens."|'''Dr. Otternschlag'''}}
{{quote|"Grand Hotel... always the same. People come, people go. Nothing ever happens."|'''Dr. Otternschlag'''}}


Adapted from Vicki Baum's novel, this 1932 [[Metro Goldwyn Mayer]] film, directed by Edmund Goulding and featuring an all-star cast including Greta Garbo, John Barrymore, [[Joan Crawford]], Wallace Beery, and Lionel Barrymore, won the [[Academy Award|Oscar]] for Best Picture. It tells the intertwining stories of the various guests who check into Berlin's famous Grand Hotel (based on the [[Real Life]] Adlon Hotel). Their stories are observed by Dr. Otternschlag (Lewis Stone), who's too drunk to notice that stuff does happen in the Grand Hotel.
Adapted from Vicki Baum's novel, '''''Grand Hotel''''' is a 1932 [[Metro Goldwyn Mayer]] film, directed by Edmund Goulding and featuring an all-star cast including Greta Garbo, John Barrymore, [[Joan Crawford]], Wallace Beery, and Lionel Barrymore, won the [[Academy Award|Oscar]] for Best Picture. It tells the intertwining stories of the various guests who check into Berlin's famous Grand Hotel (based on the [[Real Life]] Adlon Hotel). Their stories are observed by Dr. Otternschlag (Lewis Stone), who's too drunk to notice that stuff does happen in the Grand Hotel.


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* [[Academy Award]]: ''Grand Hotel'' is the only film ever to win Best Picture without being even nominated for any other Oscars.

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* [[Academy Award]]: ''[[Grand Hotel]]'' is the only film ever to win Best Picture without being even nominated for any other Oscars.
* [[Book Ends]]: Opens and closes with the inaccurate observations of Dr. Otternschlag.
* [[Book Ends]]: Opens and closes with the inaccurate observations of Dr. Otternschlag.
* [[Gentleman Thief]]: "Baron" Felix von Gaigern
* [[Gentleman Thief]]: "Baron" Felix von Gaigern
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[[Category:National Film Registry]]
[[Category:National Film Registry]]
[[Category:Films of the 1930s]]
[[Category:Films of the 1930s]]

Revision as of 20:45, 31 March 2017
"I want to be alone. I think I have never been so tired in my life."
—Grusinskaya
"Grand Hotel... always the same. People come, people go. Nothing ever happens."
—Dr. Otternschlag

Adapted from Vicki Baum's novel, Grand Hotel is a 1932 Metro Goldwyn Mayer film, directed by Edmund Goulding and featuring an all-star cast including Greta Garbo, John Barrymore, Joan Crawford, Wallace Beery, and Lionel Barrymore, won the Oscar for Best Picture. It tells the intertwining stories of the various guests who check into Berlin's famous Grand Hotel (based on the Real Life Adlon Hotel). Their stories are observed by Dr. Otternschlag (Lewis Stone), who's too drunk to notice that stuff does happen in the Grand Hotel.

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