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
In a cemetery in the former nation of Zubrowka, a young woman visits the shrine of a renowned writer, known simply as "Author", carrying a copy of his bestselling novel The Grand Budapest Hotel. The book, written in 1985, recounts the author's 1968 visit to the once lavish, then drab Grand Budapest Hotel during a bout of writer's block. There he meets its proprietor, Zero Moustafa, who divulges his rags to riches story over dinner. In 1932, Zero flees his war-ravaged country to work as a lobby boy for Monsieur Gustave H., the philandering concierge at the Grand Budapest Hotel. Gustave seduces the hotel's old, wealthy residents, including dowager Madame D., with whom he has had a nearly two-decade affair.
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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