Hotel Lux

Hotel Lux

102 mins | Drama, Comedy | Oct. 27, 2011

In 1938 Hans Zeisig, an apolitical comedian, impersonator and cabaret actor, flees with a Russian passport (instead of American, which he would have preferred) from Nazi-Berlin, and finds himself in the legendary Hotel Lux, the 'lost paradise' of the Comintern, in Moscow. Everyone believes that Zeisig is a man named Hansen, Hitler's personal astrologer. But Zeisig quickly realizes that he's gone from the frying pan into the fire. In the Hotel Lux he meets his friends Frida and later Meyer again, still passionate communists. For the three idealists an adventure between love and death begins to run his course.

Hotel Lux

102 mins | Drama, Comedy | Oct. 27, 2011

Hotel Lux
In 1938 Hans Zeisig, an apolitical comedian, impersonator and cabaret actor, flees with a Russian passport (instead of American, which he would have preferred) from Nazi-Berlin, and finds himself in the legendary Hotel Lux, the 'lost paradise' of the Comintern, in Moscow. Everyone believes that Zeisig is a man named Hansen, Hitler's personal astrologer. But Zeisig quickly realizes that he's gone from the frying pan into the fire. In the Hotel Lux he meets his friends Frida and later Meyer again, still passionate communists. For the three idealists an adventure between love and death begins to run his course.
IMDb rating 6.0
Producers Westdeutscher Rundfunk, Bayerischer Rundfunk, Little Shark Entertainment, Bavaria Film, RBB, Colonia Media Filmproduktions GmbH, BSI International Invest, ARD/Degeto Film, Bavaria Pictures, Beeplex, Rainer Windhager Film Production, herbX Film
Original title Hotel Lux
Directors Leander Haußmann
Writers Volker Einrauch, Uwe Timm, Leander Haußmann, Helmut Dietl

Cast

Michael Herbig

as Hans Zeisig

Jürgen Vogel

as Siggi Meyer

Thekla Reuten

as Frida von Oorten

Valeriy Grishko

as Josef Stalin

Juraj Kukura

as Wassili Ulrich

Thomas Thieme

as Georgi Dimitroff

Sebastian Blomberg

as Karl-Heinz Müller

Axel Wandtke

as Walter Ulbricht

Steffi Kühnert

as Lotte Kühn

Jürgen Mikol

as Fritz Petter

Leander Haußmann

as Inspizient

Arved Birnbaum

as Obersturmbannführer

Daniel Wiemer

as Herbert Wehner

Josef Ostendorf

as Mama

Sibylle Canonica

as Frau Platten

Matthias Brenner

as Wilhelm Pieck

Johann Adam Oest

as Valetti

Uwe Dag Berlin

as Hubert Kessel

Yevgeni Sitokhin

as Stalins Übersetzer 1

Steffen Scheumann

as Stalins Übersetzer 2

Julius Felsberg

as Karlchen

David Kuhl

as Bertchen

Greta Bohacek

as Marlene

Ina Paule Klink

as Tänzerin / Starlet

Axel Sichrovsky

as SS-Mann

Holger Handtke

as Ribbentrop

Jakob Köhn

as Molotow

Krzysztof Dracz

as Berija

Samir Osman

as NKWD-Mann 1

Mark Zak

as NKWD-Mann 2

Tomas Jester

as NKWD-Mann 3

Joan Pascu

as Delegierter

Boris Naujoks

as Fridas Genosse

Johanna Penski

as Passantin

Jutta Post

as Passantin

Gisela Neumann

as Passantin

Martin Olbertz

as Verhafteter

Torsten Michaelis

as Wachsoldat 1

Hendrik Arnst

as Wachsoldat 2

Nina Weiss

as Varietétänzerin 1

Gloria Wind

as Varietétänzerin 2

Marianne Tarnowskij

as Varietétänzerin 3

Faye Anderson

as Varietétänzerin 4

Lyndsey Stokes

as Varietétänzerin 5

Holger Oppenhoff

as Mitglied des Bohèmeorchesters

Josef Svoboda

as Mitglied des Bohèmeorchesters

Guido Schlösser

as Mitglied des Bohèmeorchesters

Rudi Lips

as Mitglied des Bohèmeorchesters

Martin Langer

as Mitglied des Bohèmeorchesters

Tobias Koch

as Mitglied des Bohèmeorchesters

Thomas Bauer

as Mitglied des Bohèmeorchesters

Jaymes Butler

as Joe

Marco Klammer

as Besucher im Varieté

Sylvia Schwarz

as Französin