Grand Hotel
Guests at a posh Berlin hotel struggle through worry, scandal, and heartache.
Critics Sentiment
Baron emerges from hiding to prevent Grusinskaya's suicide
Preysing kills Baron with telephone during theft confrontation
The film peaks with the romantic salvation between Garbo and Barrymore, then crashes with the Baron's murder that reviewers found predictable and emotionally hollow.
Grand Hotel builds steadily through character introductions to peak with the passionate romance between Garbo's ballerina and Barrymore's Baron. The film maintains strong sentiment through their love story and the Baron's moral choices, but stumbles in the final act with a murder that critics found predictable and dramatically unsatisfying. Despite this weakness, the overall ensemble performance and innovative structure earned consistent praise from reviewers.
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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
Tully Marshall
Gerstenkorn
Frank Conroy
Rohna
Murray Kinnell
Schweimann
Edwin Maxwell
Dr. Waitz
John Davidson
Hotel Manager (uncredited)
Allen Jenkins
Hotel Meat Packer (uncredited)
Eric Mayne
Gambler (uncredited)
Philo McCullough
Hotel Guest / Gambler (uncredited)
Crew
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