Hotel Lux
Directed by Leander HaußmannIn 1938 Hans Zeisig, an apolitical comedian, impersonator and cabaret actor, flees with a Russian passport (instead of American, which he would have preferred) from Nazi-Berlin, and finds himself in the legendary Hotel Lux, the 'lost paradise' of the Comintern, in Moscow. Everyone believes that Zeisig is a man named Hansen, Hitler's personal astrologer. But Zeisig quickly realizes that he's gone from the frying pan into the fire. In the Hotel Lux he meets his friends Frida and later Meyer again, still passionate communists. For the three idealists an adventure between love and death begins to run its course.
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Hotel Lux was released on October 27, 2011.
Hotel Lux was directed by Leander Haußmann.
Hotel Lux has a runtime of 1h 42m.
Hotel Lux was produced by Günter Rohrbach, Corinna Eich.
In 1938 Hans Zeisig, an apolitical comedian, impersonator and cabaret actor, flees with a Russian passport (instead of American, which he would have preferred) from Nazi-Berlin, and finds himself in the legendary Hotel Lux, the 'lost paradise' of the Comintern, in Moscow. Everyone believes that Zeisig is a man named Hansen, Hitler's personal astrologer. But Zeisig quickly realizes that he's gone from the frying pan into the fire. In the Hotel Lux he meets his friends Frida and later Meyer again, still passionate communists. For the three idealists an adventure between love and death begins to run its course.
The key characters in Hotel Lux are Hans Zeisig (Michael Herbig), Siggi Meyer (Jürgen Vogel), Frida von Oorten (Thekla Reuten).
Hotel Lux is a Comedy, Drama film.
Hotel Lux has an audience rating of 3.6 out of 10.
Hotel Lux has made $1.6M at the box office.