The Grand Budapest Hotel
A murder case of Madam D. with enormous wealth and the most outrageous events surrounding her sudden death!
Country
Production
Budget
$23 000 000
Box office
$172 936 941
Director
Actors
Scenario
Producer
Scott Rudin, Wes Anderson, Jeremy Dawson, Steven M. Rales, Henning Molfenter, Charlie Woebcken, Christoph Fisser, Molly Cooper
Camera operator
Composer
Artist
Adam Stockhausen, Nathan Parker
Audition
Jina Jay, Simone Bär, Antoinette Boulat
Editing
Short description
The Grand Budapest Hotel tells of a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars and his friendship with a young employee who becomes his trusted protégé. The story involves the theft and recovery of a priceless Renaissance painting, the battle for an enormous family fortune and the slow and then sudden upheavals that transformed Europe during the first half of the 20th century.
What's left behind the scenes
- Tilda Swinton spent several hours in makeup to transform into the image of an 84-year-old widow.
- Jeff Goldblum plays Kovacs. He previously played the comedian Ernie Kovacs in the film “Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter” (1984).
- Angela Lansbury could have played a role in this film, but she declined due to scheduling conflicts, and the role went to Tilda Swinton.
- Wes Anderson shot the film in three different aspect ratios: 1.33, 1.85, and 2.35:1, corresponding to three different time periods. The varying frame proportions cue the audience as to which time period is on screen.
- Wes Anderson shot the film in three different aspect ratios: 1.33, 1.85, and 2.35:1, which correspond to three different time periods. The different frame proportions signal to the viewers which time period is on screen.
- The snow-covered mountains in the background of the wedding scene are the so-called Saxon Switzerland, the German part of the Elbe Sandstone Mountains.
- When the heroes begin to pursue Joplin and run out of the temple, there is nothing near the exit. However, in the next scene, after Joplin leaves on skis, sleighs with sculptures appear on both sides of the temple doors, one of which Zero 'borrowed' for the chase.
- Tilda Swinton was made up for several hours to transform into the image of an 84-year-old widow.
- Jeff Goldblum plays Kovacs. Previously, in the film "Ernie Kovacs: Beyond the Jokes" (1984), he played the role of comedian Ernie Kovacs.
- In fact, the painting “Boy with Apple” was not painted by Johann Van Hoytem the Younger, as stated in the film, but by the well-known English portraitist Michael Taylor, commissioned by the director himself, Wes Anderson.
- Wes Anderson used the old, Art Deco-style Karstadt department store in Görlitz, Saxony, on the border of Germany, Czech Republic, and Poland as the setting for the Grand Budapest Hotel.
- In the scene where Agatha is talking to Zero in the bedroom, the strap of her nightgown slips off her shoulder in one shot, but is back on in the next.
- In reality, the painting "Boy with Apple" was not painted by Johann van Hoyt the Younger, as stated in the film, but by the well-known English portraitist Michael Taylor, commissioned by the director himself, Wes Anderson.
- Ralph Fiennes, Edward Norton, and Harvey Keitel appeared together in the film "Red Dragon" (2002).
- Johnny Depp was initially cast in the lead role but later dropped out of the project.
- The name of Bill Murray's character can be read in Hungarian as “Mi Van?”, which means “What’s happening?”
- Johnny Depp was originally cast in the lead role, but he later dropped out of the project.
- When Henckels gives Gustave a temporary pass for Zero on the train, one edge of the paper is folded in the wide shot, but the sheet is smooth in the close-up.
- Bill Murray's character's name can be read in Hungarian as "Mi Van?", which means "What's happening?".
- Ralph Fiennes, Edward Norton, and Harvey Keitel starred together in “Red Dragon” (2002).
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