SummaryA group of very different individuals staying at a luxurious hotel in Berlin deal with each of their respective dramas.
Directed By:Edmund Goulding
Written By:Vicki Baum, William Absalom Drake, Béla Balázs, Edgar Allan Woolf
Grand Hotel
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Generally Favorable
79
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
79% Positive
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100
Grand Hotel is not just a film, it’s an event to be witnessed.
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From Vicki Baum's novel, scrumptiously directed by Goulding, with a constellation of a cast that includes Greta Garbo, John and Lionel Barrymore and Joan Crawford. [28 Nov 1999, p.35]
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Jan 8, 2026
6
Starts off pretty strong with lots of cutting between our 5 different leads and their interconnecting stories. Eventually falls into a standard melodrama. One of the main character only shares scenes with one other which was weird, almost like they had to film it separately.
Jan 26, 2025
6
Me frustra que la película sea tan buena por momentos, pero luego tenga momentos tan bajos. A nivel de originalidad, la premisa de contar varias historias relacionadas es bastante buena, pero la forma en que se ejecutó flojea en los detalles. Para una película relativamente larga, uno esperaría empatizar más con los personajes. De cierta manera, sí lo hacemos, pero no al nivel que la película pretende. El tema principal es la vida, y nos muestra cómo significa vivir según nuestras circunstancias: a algunos solo les importa el dinero, como a los empresarios; a otros, la validación del público; y a otros, solo viven cuando sienten su mortalidad cerca. Aunque estos temas son interesantes, se quedan en la superficie, sin profundizar en los detalles. Y es precisamente esta falta de detalle lo que impide que la película pase de ser simplemente buena a excelente. Probablemente lo peor sea el romance del barón, que parece surgir de la nada, solo porque así lo indica el guion. Y al igual que esa relación, hay otras, menos obvias, pero que sin duda afectan la calidad general de la película.
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Each and every performer in the screened Grand Hotel does a remarkable piece of work. To us, Garbo is the supreme of magnificence.
75
The real reasons to see it are Barrymore, Barrymore and Crawford, the beating hearts of the picture. [21 Jun 2018, p.E5]
75
In its day, it provided the ultimate two-hour vacation from the stark day-to-day realities of living during the Great Depression. For 21st century viewers, the film is little more than a curiosity, although it's entertaining enough.
60
Most of the players give impossibly bad performances—they chew up the camera. But if you want to see what screen glamour used to be, and what, originally, “stars” were, this is perhaps the best example of all time.
50
In some ways this 1932 item is the definitive MGM film, in which the direction (Edmund Goulding), screenplay (William A. Drake), and cinematography (William Daniels) all seem deliberately pale, the better to set off the glitter of the stars; they’re like jewels mounted in a deliberately neutral display case.
Jul 31, 2025
1
Скучные истории из жизни в декорациях серого отеля. Не понятно за что Оскар. Фильм примечателен разве что звёздным актёрским составом.
Production Company:
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
Release Date:Sep 11, 1932
Duration:1 h 52 m
Rating:TV-PG
Tagline:Thank The Stars For A Great Entertainment !
Awards
Academy Awards, USA
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Photoplay Awards
• 6 Wins & 6 Nominations
National Film Preservation Board, USA
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
