
Grand Hotel (1932)
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- Not Rated
- 1h 52min
- Drama, Romance
- 11 Sep 1932 (USA)
- Movie
- Won 1 Oscar. Another 8 wins & 1 nomination.
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Cast verified as complete
Greta Garbo | ... |
Grusinskaya
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John Barrymore | ... |
Baron Felix von Geigern
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Joan Crawford | ... |
Flaemmchen
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Wallace Beery | ... |
General Director Preysing
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Lionel Barrymore | ... |
Otto Kringelein
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Lewis Stone | ... |
Doctor Otternschlag
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Jean Hersholt | ... |
Senf
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Robert McWade | ... |
Meierheim
(as Robert Mc Wade)
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Purnell Pratt | ... |
Zinnowitz
(as Purnell B. Pratt)
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Ferdinand Gottschalk | ... |
Pimenov
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Rafaela Ottiano | ... |
Suzette
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Morgan Wallace | ... |
Chauffeur
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Tully Marshall | ... |
Gerstenkorn
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Frank Conroy | ... |
Rohna
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Murray Kinnell | ... |
Schweimann
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Edwin Maxwell | ... |
Dr. Waitz
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Joan Barclay | ... |
Young Girl in Lobby (uncredited)
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Max Barwyn | ... |
Hotel Guest / Gambler (uncredited)
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Edward Biby | ... |
Hotel Guest (uncredited)
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Mary Carlisle | ... |
Mrs. Hoffman - Young Honeymooner (uncredited)
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Oliver Cross | ... |
Hotel Guest (uncredited)
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John Davidson | ... |
Hotel Manager (uncredited)
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Wally Dean | ... |
Hotel Guest (uncredited)
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Herbert Evans | ... |
Clerk (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
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Bess Flowers | ... |
Hotel Guest (uncredited)
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Curt Furberg | ... |
Elevator Operator (uncredited)
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Edmund Goulding | ... |
Cameo Appearance (uncredited)
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Sherry Hall | ... |
Hotel Guest (uncredited)
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Milton Holmes | ... |
Mr. Hoffman - Young Honeymooner (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
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Sydney Jarvis | ... |
Police Officer (uncredited)
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Allen Jenkins | ... |
Hotel Meat Packer (uncredited)
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Ruby Lafayette | ... |
Old Lady (uncredited)
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Robert Lees | ... |
Bellboy (uncredited)
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Eric Mayne | ... |
Gambler (uncredited)
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Philo McCullough | ... |
Hotel Guest / Gambler (uncredited)
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Sam McDaniel | ... |
Bartender (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
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Greta Meyer | ... |
Housekeeper in Room 174 (uncredited)
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King Mojave | ... |
Hotel Guest (uncredited)
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Bert Moorhouse | ... |
Hotel Guest (uncredited)
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Sarah Padden | ... |
Chambermaid in Room 174 (uncredited)
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Lee Phelps | ... |
Hotel Guest (uncredited)
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Edward Reinach | ... |
Hotel Guest (uncredited)
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Bodil Rosing | ... |
Nurse Helping Old Lady Into Elevator (uncredited)
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Dick Rush | ... |
Gendarme (uncredited)
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Rolfe Sedan | ... |
Hotel Guest in Bar (uncredited)
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Mike Tellegen | ... |
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
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Leo White | ... |
Hotel Porter (uncredited)
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Harry Wilson | ... |
Worker (uncredited)
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Florence Wix | ... |
Hotel Guest (uncredited)
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Directed by
Edmund Goulding |
Written by
Vicki Baum | ... | (by) |
William Absalom Drake | ... | (play "America" version by) (as William A. Drake) |
Béla Balázs | ... | () (uncredited) |
William Absalom Drake | ... | (adaptation) (uncredited) |
Edgar Allan Woolf | ... | () (uncredited) |
Robert Lelièvre | ... | (french adaptation) (uncredited) |
Felix Rosenberg | ... | (french adaptation) (uncredited) |
Marcel Berger | ... | (french adaptation) (uncredited) |
Produced by
Irving Thalberg | ... | producer (uncredited) |
Music by
Charles Maxwell | ... | (uncredited) |
Cinematography by
William H. Daniels | ... | (photographed by) (as William Daniels) |
Editing by
Blanche Sewell |
Casting By
Benjamin Thau | ... | (uncredited) |
Art Direction by
Cedric Gibbons |
Costume Design by
Adrian | ... | (gowns) |
Makeup Department
Cecil Holland | ... | makeup department head (uncredited) |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Charles Dorian | ... | assistant director (uncredited) |
Art Department
Klaus Rütters | ... | poster artist : West Germany (uncredited) (1951) |
Boris Streimann | ... | poster artist : Germany (uncredited) |
Peterpaul Weiss | ... | poster artist : Germany (uncredited) |
Sound Department
Douglas Shearer | ... | recording director |
Anstruther MacDonald | ... | sound engineer (uncredited) |
Karl Zint | ... | sound (uncredited) |
Camera and Electrical Department
Fred Archer | ... | still photographer (uncredited) |
Milton Brown | ... | still photographer (uncredited) |
A. Lindsley Lane | ... | second assistant camera (uncredited) |
William Riley | ... | assistant camera (uncredited) |
Albert Scheving | ... | assistant camera (uncredited) |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Eugene Joseff | ... | costume jeweller (uncredited) |
Music Department
William Axt | ... | composer: title music (uncredited) |
Herbert Stothart | ... | musical director (uncredited) |
Additional Crew
Claude Allain | ... | french voice dubbing: John Barrymore (uncredited) |
Paul Bern | ... | supervisor (uncredited) |
Francesca Braggiotti | ... | italian voice dubbing: Greta Garbo - 1st dubbing (uncredited) |
Henri de la Falaise | ... | french dubbing director (uncredited) |
René Fleur | ... | french voice dubbing: Lionel Barrymore (uncredited) |
Ivo Garrani | ... | italian voice dubbing: John Barrymore - 2nd dubbing (uncredited) |
Gemma Griarotti | ... | italian voice dubbing: Joan Crawford - 2nd dubbing (uncredited) |
Isabelle Kloucowski | ... | french voice dubbing: Joan Crawford (uncredited) |
Claude Marcy | ... | french voice dubbing: Greta Garbo (uncredited) |
Giorgio Piamonti | ... | italian voice dubbing: Lionel Barrymore - 2nd dubbing (uncredited) |
Anna Proclemer | ... | italian voice dubbing: Greta Garbo - 2nd dubbing (uncredited) |
Vittorio Sanipoli | ... | italian voice dubbing: Wallace Beery - 2nd dubbing (uncredited) |
Gianrico Tedeschi | ... | italian voice dubbing: Lewis Stone - 2nd dubbing (uncredited) |
Production Companies
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (controlled by Loew's Incorporated)
Distributors
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1932) (United States) (theatrical)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1932) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1932) (Argentina) (theatrical)
- Film AB Le Mat-Metro-Goldwyn (1933) (Sweden) (theatrical)
- Metro-Goldwyn Filmselskap (1933) (Norway) (theatrical)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1933) (Finland) (theatrical)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1933) (Germany) (theatrical)
- Moldavia-Film (1935) (Czechoslovakia) (theatrical)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1962) (United States) (theatrical) (re-release)
- Filmipaja (1965) (Finland) (theatrical)
- Yleisradio (YLE) (1969) (Finland) (tv)
- MGM Home Entertainment (1985) (United States) (video) (Betamax)
- MGM/UA Home Entertainment (1985) (United States) (VHS)
- MGM/UA Home Entertainment (1985) (United States) (video) (LaserDisc)
- MGM Home Entertainment (1989) (United States) (VHS)
- MGM/UA Home Entertainment (1993) (United States) (VHS)
- MGM/UA Home Entertainment (1994) (United States) (VHS)
- Chapel Distribution (1997) (Australia) (theatrical)
- MGM/UA Home Entertainment (1997) (United States) (VHS)
- Sandrew Metronome Distribution (2004) (Finland) (DVD)
- Warner Home Video (2000) (United States) (VHS)
- Warner Home Video (2004) (Netherlands) (DVD)
- Warner Home Video (2004) (Germany) (DVD)
- Warner Home Video (2004) (United States) (DVD)
- Warner Home Video (2005) (United States) (DVD)
- Argentina Video Home (2008) (Argentina) (DVD)
- HBO Max (2020) (United States) (video) (VOD)
- CEL-MGM/UA Home Video (1986) (Australia) (video)
- René Malo Vidéo-Malofilm Video (1985) (Canada) (VHS) (Quebec)
- The Criterion Channel (2020) (United States) (tv) (digital)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (French post-synchronization)
- Motion Picture Producers and Distributors Association of America (acknowledgement)
- Turner Entertainment (VHS package design)
Storyline
Plot Summary |
Berlin's plushest, most expensive hotel is the setting where in the words of Dr. Otternschlag "People come, people go. Nothing ever happens.". The doctor is usually drunk so he missed the fact that Baron von Geigern is broke and trying to steal eccentric dancer Grusinskaya's pearls. He ends up stealing her heart instead. Powerful German businessman Preysing brow beats Kringelein, one of his company's lowly bookkeepers but it is the terminally ill Kringelein who holds all the cards in the end. Meanwhile, the Baron also steals the heart of Preysing's secretary, Flaemmchen, but she doesn't end up with either one of them in the end.
Written by Gary Jackson |
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Taglines | Thank The Stars For A Great Entertainment ! See more » |
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Parents Guide | View content advisory » |
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Box Office
Budget | $700,000 (estimated) |
Cumulative Worldwide Gross | $5,654,920 |
Did You Know?
Trivia | John Barrymore was so thrilled at the prospect of appearing in the film with Greta Garbo that he accepted a three-picture deal with MGM. See more » |
Goofs | Although correctly signed with license plates starting with an "I" for Berlin, all the cars are right-hand steered. In Germany they drive on the right (and ever did so), so the steering wheels should be on the left. See more » |
Movie Connections | Edited into Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972). See more » |
Soundtracks | Soldier on the Shelf See more » |
Quotes |
Dr. Otternschlag:
Grand Hotel... always the same. People come, people go. Nothing ever happens. See more » |