Trailer for this black and white classic drama
Grand Hotel premiered in theaters across the United States, this day, in 1932. The film follows a group of very different individuals staying at a luxurious hotel in Berlin. This is one of the early ensemble cast films, similar to Sin City or Pulp Fiction. A wonderful and interesting film, that I highly recommend.
Greta Garbo is Grusinskaya, a Russian ballerina, whose career is on the downswing. She is contemplating ending it all when she is interrupted.
John Barrymore is Baron Felix von Geigern, once wealthy, the Baron has since squandered his fortune and now supports himself as a card player and a jewelry thief.
Joan Crawford is Flaemmchen, the stenographer
hired by Preysing to help close the big deal
Wallace Beery is General Director Preysing, Kringelein's former employer, an industrialist at the hotel to close a big deal.
Lionel Barrymore is Otto Kringelein, a dying accountant who has decided to spend his remaining days in the lap of luxury.
Lewis Stone is Dr. Otternschlag, a disfigured WWI veteran and a permanent resident of the hotel.