The Grand Budapest Hotel

[2014]: American Empirical Pictures (Wes Anderson), New York, NY et al.

For a listing of the 109 company credits [Production Companies and Distributors] see: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2278388/companycredits?ref_=ttfc_sa_4#production

The Grand Budapest Hotel [A British-German dramatic-comedy film written and directed by Wes Anderson]

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Language: English

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Director: Wes Anderson

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Script writers: Stefan Zweig, Wes Anderson, and Hugo Guiness

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Producers: Wes Anderson, Eli Buch, Molly Cooper, Christopher Fisser et al.

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Cast: Ralph Fiennes [who looks a lot like Stefan Zweig], F. Murray Abraham, Mathieu Amalric, Jude Law, Tilda Swinton, et al.For a full cast and crew list see: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2278388/fullcredits?ref_=tt_ov+st+sm

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Music: Alexandre Desplat

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Film editor: Barney Pilling

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Filming locations: Görlitz, Saxony, Germany [Historical Art Nouveau Department store, formerly "Karstadt"]; Zwinger, Dresden, Saxony, Germany [Kunstmuseum]; Kraków, Malopolskie, Poland [Cemetery scene]; Hainewalde, Saxony, Germany [Hainewalde castle]; Osterstein Castle, Zwickau, Saxony, Germany [Prison scenes]; Dresden Saxony, Germany; Waldenburg, Saxony, Germany [Waldenburg castle]; Sächsische Schweiz, Saxony, Germany [Wedding scene]; Studio Babelsberg, Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany

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Released in Germany on 6 February 2014 [Berlin International Film Festival] and on 6 March [to the country as a whole]; released in the United Kingdom on 20 February 2014 [Glasgow Film Festival] and on 7 March to the country as a whole; released in the United States on 7 March 2014 [limited] and on 28 March to the country as a whole. For a listing of the 64 release dates in countries throughout the world and for the titles of this film in these countries see: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2278388/releaseinfo?ref_=ttco_sa_2

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The film was inspired by some of the works of Zweig, especially The World of Yesterday, Beware of Pity, and Twenty-Four Hours in the Life of a Woman. See also: "A Conversation with Wes Anderson" [A conversation between George Prochnik and Wes Anderson] in The Society of the Crossed Keys [2014], pp. (7)-26.

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Some Reviews and Relative articles:

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Anderson, Jeffrey M. "'The Grand Budapest Hotel' checks in" in San Francisco Examiner [San Francisco, CA / Online], 14 March 2014. See: http://www.sfexaminer.com/sanfrancisco/the-grand-budapest-hotel-checks-in/Content?oid

[14].

Anderson, Melissa. "Resort Card: The Grand Budapest Hotel" in Artforum International Magazine [New York, NY / Online], 6 March 2014. See: http://www.artforum.com/film/id=45630

[15].

Bennett, Bruce. "Grand and grandiose" in Mad About Movies [Online], 20 April 2014. See: http://www.madaboutmovies.org/grand-budapest-hotel

[16].

Berrin, Danielle. "Nazis and the Jew behind 'The Grand Budapest Hotel'" in Jewish Journal [Hollywood], 19 February 2015. See: http://www.jewishjournal.com/hollywoodjew/item/nazis_suicide_and_the_jew_behind_the_grand_budapest_hotel

[17].

Binol, Özkan. "Anderson at His Best in 'The Grand Budapest Hotel'" in Daily Sabah [Istanbul / Online], 18 June 2014. See: http://www.dailysabah.com/cinema/2014.04/26/anderson-at-his-best-in-the-grand-budapest-hotel

[18].

Bonnici, Carmel, "The Grand Budapest Hotel: Xogħol impressjonanti, stilistiku u ta' reqqa palpabbli" [The Grand Budapest Hotel: Impressive, Stylistic Work and of Tangible Accuracy] in kullħadd: l'unica gazzetta tal-Partit Laburista [Everyone (alternative reading: Every Sunday): the Only Newspaper of the Labour Party], Ħamrun, Malta, 1085 [27 April 2014], p. 28

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Published online:

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https://issuu.com/kullhadd/docs/kullhadd_27.04.2014

[21].

Brenner, Jules. "A howler of serio-comedy from the mind and heart of Wes Anderson. A must go! 'The Grand Budapest Hotel'" in Cinema Signals Movie Review [Online]. See: http://variagate.com/grandbud.htm?RT

[22].

Constant, Paul. "Amor Towles' Grand Moscovian Hotel" in Seattle Weekly [Seattle], 21 September 2016. Also discusses Stefan Zweig. See: http://www.seattleweekly.com/arts/amor-towles-grand-moscovian-hotel

[23].

Cook, Linda. "Check into Anderson's eccentric 'Hotel'" in The Quad-City Times [Davenport, IA / Online], 7 April 2014. See: http://qctimes.com/entertainment/columnists/linda-cook/check-into-anderson-s-eccentric-hotel

[24].

"Critic Reviews for The Grand Budapest Hotel". 27 full reviews. See: //www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_grand_budapest_hotel

[25].

Duncan, J. J. "7 Deep Thoughts About 'The Grand Budapest Hotel'" on Zimbio [San Carlos, CA], 22 February 2015. See: http://www.zimbio.com/Beyond+the+Box+Office/articles/aJkOolL4DY6/7+Deep+Thoughts...

[26].

Friedman, Gabe. "Meet Stefan Zweig, the Jewish novelist who inspired 'The Grand Budapest Hotel'" in Connecticut Jewish Ledger [Hartford, CT], 11 February 2015. See: http://www.jewishledger.com/2015/02/meet-stefan-zweig-jewish-novelist-inspired-grand-budapest-hotel

[27].

Giroux, Jack. "'The Grand Budapest Hotel' Review: A Dark, Exciting Zaniness Pervades Wes Anderson's Latest Ensemble" in FilmSchoolRejects [Online], 5 March 2014. See: http://filmschoolrejects.com/reviews/the-grand-budapest-hotel.php

[28].

Glasson, Tom. "The Grand Budapest Hotel at Various cinemas in Melbourne" in Concrete Playground [Redfern, Australia and Auckland, New Zealand / Online], 10 April 2014. See: http://melbourne.concreteplayground.com.au/event/197958/the-grand-budapest-hotel.htme

[29].

Howard, Blake. "Review: The Grand Budapest Hotel (Wes Anderson - 2014)" in Graffiti With Punctuation [Online], 12 April 2014. See: http://www.graffitiwithpunctuation.net/2014/04/12/review-grand-budapest-hotel-wes-anderson

[30].

Kahn, Howie. "The Life Aesthetic. With the release of his eighth feature film, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Wes Anderson takes another imaginative leap into a world of his own invention" in The Wall Street Journal Magazine [New York, NY], Issue 45 [March 2014], pp. 72-75. Photography by Angelo Pennetta

[31].

Keefe, Brad. "Anderson goes grand in 'Budapest Hotel'" in Columbus Alive [Columbus, OH / Online], 20 March 2014. See: http://www.columbusalive.com/content/stories/2014/03/20/movie-review-wes-anderson-goes-grand-in-Budapest-Hotel

[32].

Kemper, Anna. "Das Chaotische ist natürlich" in Die Zeit Magazin [Hamburg / Online], No. 7 [6 February 2014], pp. 39-41. An interview with Wes Anderson. See: http://www.zeit.de/2014/07/berlinale-wes-anderson-grand-budapest-hotel

[33].

Kennedy, Lisa. "'Grand Budapest Hotel' unfurls in a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad, Zubrowka" in The Denver Post [Denver, CO / Online],14 March 2014. Updated 19 March 2013. See: http://www.denverpost.com/movies/ci_25330429/grand-budapest-hotel-unfurls-mad-mad

[34].

Kennedy, Lisa. "Critic Matt Zoller Seitz in Denver for 'Grand Budapest' screening, Q&A" in The Denver Post [Denver, CO], 11 February 2015. See: http://www.denverpost.com/entertainment/ci_27508091/critic-matt-zoller-seitz-denver-grand-budapest

[35].

Knight, Richard, Jr. "Knight at the Movies: The Grand Budapest Hotel" in Windy City Times [Chicago, IL / Online], 12 March 2014. See: http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/Knight-at-the-Movies-The-Grand-Budapest-Hotel

[36].

Lacey, Liam. "The Grand Budapest Hotel: A zippy, abstract, madcap tiumph from Wes Anderson" in The Glode and Mail [Toronto, Ontario / Online], 14 March 2014. Updated 19 March 2014. See: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/film/film-reviews/.../article17477451

[37].

Long, Tom. "Looks, laughs are enough in nutty 'Grand Budapest Hotel'" in The Detroit News [Detroit, MI / Online], 21 March 2014. See: http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20140321/ENT02/303210019'

[38].

Martain, Tim. "Hilarity on a grand scale in The Grand Budapest Hotel" in The Mercury [Online], 11 April 2014.

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See: http://www.themercury.com.au/entertainment/hilarity-on-a-grand-scale-in-the-grand-budapest-hotel

[40].

McCarthy, John P. "The Art of Hospitality. Wes Anderson's 'The Grand Budapest Hotel'" in America Magazine [The National Catholic Review] [New York, NY / Online], 7 April 2014. See: http://americamagazine.org/issue/art-hospitality

[41].

Neal, Matt. "Film review: The Grand Budapest Hotel" in The Standard [New York / Online], 2 May 2014. See: http://www.standard.net.au/story/2254953/film-review-the-grand-budapest-hotel/?cs=502

[42].

Nelson, Max. "Wes Anderson's Elegy to Stefan Zweig" in Los Angeles Review of Books [Los Angeles, CA], 14 March 2014. See: https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/wes-andersons-elegy-stefan-zweig-grand-budapest-hotel

[43].

Orr, Christopher. "The Sober Frivolity of The Grand Budapest Hotel. Wes Anderson's latest film is among his daffiest - and also, arguably, his most grown up" in The Atlantic [Washington, D. C. / Online], 14 March 2014. See: http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2014/03/.../284410/

[44].

Pappademas, Alex. "Up in the Droll Hotel: Wes Anderson's (Minor, Precious, But Really Kind of Great) Latest" in Grantland [Los Angeles, CA / Online], 7 March 2014. See: http://grantland.com/hollywood-prospectus/up-in-the-droll-hotel-wes-andersons-minor-precious...

[45].

Pond, Neil. "A Great Escape. Wes Anderson's latest romp is a quirky, colorful movie getaway" in American Profile [Franklin, TN / Online], 29 April 2014. See: http://www.neilsentertainmentpicks.com/2014/04/29/a-great-escape/

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Proyect, Louis. "The Return of Stefan Zweig" in Counterpunch [Petrolia, CA / Online], 21 April 2014. See: http://www.counterpunch.org/2014/04/21/the-return-of-stefan-zweig

[47].

Rodriguez, Rene. "'The Grand Budapest Hotel'. A funny, sublime action-adventure from writer-drector Wes Anderson" in Miami Herald [Miami, FL / Online], 21 March 2014. See: http://www.miami.com/039the-grand-budapest-hotel/039-r-article

[48].

Romney, Jonathan. "Film of the Week: The Grand Budapest Hotel" in Film Comment [New York, NY / Online], 12 March 2014. See: http://www.filmcomment.com/entry/film-of-the-week-the-grand-budapest-hotel

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Roten, Robert. "Laramie Movie Scope: The Grand Budapest Hotel. A wacky screwball comedy" in Laramie Movie Scope [Laramie, WY / Online], 8 May 2014. See: http://www.lariat.org/AtTheMovies/new/grndbuda.html

[50].

Schneider, Janet. "Under the spell of 'Grand Budapest Hotel' director Wes Anderson" in Indianapolis Star [Indianapolis, IN / Online], 18 March 2014. See: http://indy.st/1gLniP&text=Under-the-spell-of-Grand-Budapest-Hotel

[51].

Scholes, Lucy. "Wes Anderson's Austrian Muse: Stefan Zweig" in The Daily Beast [New York, NY / Online], 26 February 2014. See: http://www.thedailybeast.com/.../wes-anderson-s-austrian-muse-stefan-zweig.html

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Teachout, Terry. "One War, Two Fates" in Wall Street Journal [New York, NY / Online], 263:131 [6 June 2014], p. D12. See: http://online.wsj.com/articles/sightings-one-war-two-fates-1402017265

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Vaux, Rob. "Blu-ray Review: 'The Grand Budapest Hotel'. Wes Anderson delivers a delight" in Mania Beyond Entertainment [Hollywood OmniBook / Online], 26 June 2014. See: http://www.mania.com/bluray-review-grand-budapest-hotel_article_139993.html

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Villaça, Pablo. "O Grande Hotel Budapest" in Cinema em cena [Online]. See: http://www.cinemaemcena.com.br/plus/modulos/filme/ver.php?cdfilme=12442

[55].

Watkins, Mel. "Stefan Zweig, 'The Grand Budapest Hotel' and the Great War" in rabble.ca, 2 February 2015. See: http://www.rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/.../stefan-zweig-grand-budapest-hotel-and-great-war

[56].

Williams, Joe. "'The Grand Budapest Hotel' offers a cinematic staycation" in The Saint Louis Post-Dispatch [St. Louis, MO / Online], 20 March 2014. See: http://www.stltoday.com/...grand-budapest-hotel.../