Guests at a posh Berlin hotel struggle through worry, scandal, and heartache.
Directed by Edmund Goulding
hotel
card game
burglar
stolen money
based on play or musical
industrialist
baron
dying man
murder
tragic love
black and white
conscience
jewel thief
pre-code
merger
public humiliation
revolving door
dachshund
stenographer
flirtation
prima ballerina
bookkeeper
Rank
#8 in 1932·#5236 overall
Trailer
IMDB
N/A
Letterboxd
3.5 / 5
Where to Watch
Cast
Greta Garbo
Grusinskaya
John Barrymore
Baron Felix von Gaigern
Joan Crawford
Flämmchen
Wallace Beery
General Director Preysing
Lionel Barrymore
Otto Kringelein
Lewis Stone
Doctor Otternschlag
Jean Hersholt
Senf
Robert McWade
Meierheim
Purnell Pratt
Zinnowitz
Ferdinand Gottschalk
Pimenov
Rafaela Ottiano
Suzette
Morgan Wallace
Chauffeur
Crew
Edmund Goulding
Director
Béla Balázs
Writer
Edgar Allan Woolf
Writer
William H. Daniels
Director of Photography
Irving Thalberg
Producer
Cecil Holland
Makeup Department Head
Adrian
Costume Design
Douglas Shearer
Sound Director
Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction
Vicki Baum
Novel
Eugene Joseff
Other
Herbert Stothart
Music Director
Popular Reviews
113 reviews
Shahar metzer
9.0★ · 12/11/25
I really love early Hollywood cinema. the beginning of the sound era. I enjoyed every moment of this, even though it’s dark, but I believe every early film is dark in some way.
I really love early Hollywood cinema. the beginning of the sound era. I enjoyed every moment of this, even though it’s dark, but I believe every early film is dark in some way.
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Hendra Syahnanda
7.0★ · 03/07/26
"Grand Hotel. Always the same. People come, people go. Nothing ever happens."Grand Hotel present its storyline episodically, each thread separating one character of another, briefly overlapping, but they all tangled up together in one place, the luxurious Grand Hotel in Berlin. Every character has their own wits: a melancholic ballerina, a sympathetic thief, a generous and ill old clerk, ruthless businessman and ambitious stenographer. Their tales intersect, each with their own drama.
Bathed in an all-stars ensemble, this movie has become one of the most compelling spectacle of early Hollywood, starring Greta Garbo, Joan Crawford, Lionel and John Barrymore, and many more. The chemistry between them sparks the moment that feel electric, romantic, warm and tense. It may be messy narratively, but still fun and entertaining to watch, and i always love seeing Lionel Barrymore play such a kind and compassionated man.
"Grand Hotel. Always the same. People come, people go. Nothing ever happens."Grand Hotel present its storyline episodically, each thread separating one character of another, briefly overlapping, but they all tangled up together in one place, the luxurious Grand Hotel in Berlin. Every character has their own wits: a melancholic ballerina, a sympathetic thief, a generous and ill old clerk, ruthless businessman and ambitious stenographer. Their tales intersect, each with their own drama.
Bathed in an all-stars ensemble, this movie has become one of the most compelling spectacle of early Hollywood, starring Greta Garbo, Joan Crawford, Lionel and John Barrymore, and many more. The chemistry between them sparks the moment that feel electric, romantic, warm and tense. It may be messy narratively, but still fun and entertaining to watch, and i always love seeing Lionel Barrymore play such a kind and compassionated man.
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skinnyzyo
7.0★ · 05/14/26
I honestly only watch this because of Suite Dreams, but it was good.
I honestly only watch this because of Suite Dreams, but it was good.
Sebastian Luis
6.0★ · 04/26/26
“grand hotel.. always the same people come, people go nothing ever happens”
i love love this movie but too many men pft. u brought miss garbo and miss crawford in dis fil but never gave them a great scene togetha is beyond the pale. but overall the movie is nice.
“grand hotel.. always the same people come, people go nothing ever happens”
i love love this movie but too many men pft. u brought miss garbo and miss crawford in dis fil but never gave them a great scene togetha is beyond the pale. but overall the movie is nice.
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