Grand Hotel / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ; director, Edmund Goulding.

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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 misses the fact that Baron von Geigern is broke and trying to steal eccentric dancer Grusinskaya's pearls, but ends up stea...

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Uniform Title:	Grand Hotel (Motion picture : 1932) Rovi Media Collection. Movies. Rovi K-12 education materials.
Corporate Authors:	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Warner Home Video (Firm)
Other Authors:	Goulding, Edmund, 1891-1959 Garbo, Greta, 1905-1990 Barrymore, John, 1882-1942 Crawford, Joan, 1908-1977 Beery, Wallace Barrymore, Lionel, 1878-1954 Stone, Lewis, 1879-1953 Hersholt, Jean, 1886-1956 McWade, Robert, 1872-1938 Pratt, Purnell Daniels, William, 1900-1970 Gibbons, Cedric, 1895-1960 Sewell, Blanche Adrian, 1903-1959 Baum, Vicki, 1888-1960
Language:	English French Spanish
Language of the Original:	English
Language and/or Writing System:	English or dubbed French dialogue, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.
Published:	Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, [2004], ©1932.
Edition:	Special edition.
Series:	Rovi Media Collection. Movies. Rovi K-12 education materials.
Subjects:	Hotels > Germany > Berlin > Drama. Man-woman relationships > Drama. Bookkeepers > Drama. Hoteles, moteles, etc. > Alemania > Berlin > Teatro. Relaciones hombre-mujer > Teatro. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Feature films.
Genre:	Drama. Teatro. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Feature films.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (approximately 112 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	Video DVD

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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 misses the fact that Baron von Geigern is broke and trying to steal eccentric dancer Grusinskaya's pearls, but ends up stealing her heart instead. Powerful German businessman Preysing brow beats his lowly bookkeeper, Kringelein, but in the end it is Kringelein who holds all the cards. Meanwhile, the Baron also steals the heart of Preysing's mistress, Flaemmchen, but in the end, she doesn't end up with either one of them.
Note:	Title from container. Originally released as a motion picture in 1932. Based on the play "Menschen im Hotel" by Vicki Baum. Special features: "Checking out: Grand Hotel" making-of documentary; Hollywood premiere of 'Grand Hotel' (1932 newsreel); Just a word of warning (1932 theatrical announcement); "Nothing ever happens" (newly discovered 1933 Vitaphone short, a spoof on 'Grand Hotel'; theatrical trailers. Videorecording.
Call Number:	AQ7 D0032410 VideoDVD
Audience:	MPAA rating: Not rated.
Awards:	Academy Award (1932): Best picture.
ISBN:	0790744678 9780790744674
Credits:	Cinematographer, William H. Daniels ; art director, Cedric Gibbons ; editor, Blanche Sewell ; costume designer, Adrian.
System Details:	DVD, produced for region 1 (North America); user must have a DVD player that will play region 1 DVDs; full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 2.0 mono.
Cast:	Greta Garbo, John Barrymore, Joan Crawford, Wallace Beery, Lionel Barrymore, Lewis Stone, Jean Hersholt, Robert McWade, Purnell Pratt.