Film

The Grand Budapest Hotel 2014

Directed by Wes Anderson

  • Comedy, Drama
  • 100 min
  • R

A murder case of Madam D. with enormous wealth and the most outrageous events surrounding her sudden death!

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.

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