The Grand Budapest Hotel
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The Grand Budapest Hotel is a 2014 comedy film directed by Wes Anderson, starring Ralph Fiennes, F. Murray Abraham, Mathieu Amalric. It drew a wide audience and shaped its genre.
Plot
The Grand Budapest Hotel is a 2014 comedy-drama film written and directed by Wes Anderson. The film's seventeen-actor ensemble cast is led by Ralph Fiennes as Monsieur Gustave H., famed concierge of a twentieth-century mountainside resort in the fictional country of Zubrowka. After being framed for the murder of a wealthy dowager (Tilda Swinton), he and his recently befriended protégé Zero (Tony Revolori) embark on a quest for fortune and a priceless Renaissance painting amidst the backdrop of an encroaching fascist regime. Anderson's American Empirical Pictures produced the film in association with Studio Babelsberg, Fox Searchlight Pictures, and Indian Paintbrush's Scott Rudin and Steven Rales.
Production
Written by Wes Anderson, the film was produced by Fox Searchlight Pictures. Alexandre Desplat composed the score. Robert D. Yeoman handled the cinematography. The film runs 100 minutes. The crew and editing refined every shot.
Reception
On a budget of $30,000,000, The Grand Budapest Hotel grossed $174,600,318 worldwide at the box office. A critic consensus praised its screenplay and score.
Legacy
The film's influence spread across the century; its narrative and tone echo in much later cinema.
See also
References
- "The 100 Greatest Films of All Time". topfilms100. Retrieved 30 June 2026.
- Ebert, Roger. The Great Movies. Broadway Books.
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