Hotel Lux (2011)
Das war ein Hitler-Gag zu viel: Der Komiker und Parodist Hans Zeisig muss 1938 mit falschen Papieren aus Nazi-Berlin fliehen. Eigentlich träumt er von Hollywood, doch dann landet er in Moskau und gerät in das berüchtigte Exilantenhotel LUX. Es ist der Zufluchtsort kommunistischer Funktionäre aus aller Welt und insbesondere aus Deutschland. Der sowjetische Geheimdienst verwechselt Zeisig mit dem abtrünnigen Leibastrologen Adolf Hitlers. So gerät der unpolitische Entertainer zwischen die Fronten blutiger Intrigen in Stalins Machtapparat. Zu seiner Überraschung trifft Zeisig im LUX auch seinen früheren Bühnenpartner Siggi Meyer und die niederländische Untergrundkämpferin Frida wieder, die beide fest an das Gute im Kommunismus glauben. Für die drei Freunde beginnt ein Abenteuer auf Leben und Tod.
Der Regisseur:
Leander Haußmann
Der Autor:
Leander Haußmann
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Michael Herbig as Hans Zeisig |
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Jürgen Vogel as Siegfried Meyer |
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Thekla Reuten as Frida von Oorten |
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Валерий Гришко as Stalin |
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Alexander Senderovich as Jeschow |
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Juraj Kukura as Wassili Ulrich |
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Thomas Thieme as Georgi Dimitroff |
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Gennadi Vengerov as Upit |
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Josef Ostendorf as Mama |
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Sebastian Blomberg as Karl-Heinz Müller |
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Sibylle Canonica as Ms. Platten |
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Axel Wandtke as Walter Ulbricht |
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Steffi Kühnert as Lotte Kühn |
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Robert Dölle as Johannes R. Becher |
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Daniel Wiemer as Herbert Wehner |
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Matthias Brenner as Wilhelm Pieck |
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Friedrich Karl Praetorius as Hansen |
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Johann Adam Oest as Valetti |
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Uwe Dag Berlin as Hubert Kessel |
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Yevgeni Sitokhin as Stalin's Translator #1 |
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Steffen Scheumann as Stalin's Translator #2 |
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Jürgen Mikol as Fritz Petter |
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Julius Felsberg as Karlchen |
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David Kuhl as Bertchen |
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Greta Bohacek as Marlene |
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Leander Haußmann as Stage Manager |
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Ina Paule Klink as Dancer / Starlet |
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Arved Birnbaum as Obersturmbannführer |
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Axel Sichrovsky as SS Man |
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Holger Handtke as Ribbentrop |
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Jakob Köhn as Molotow |
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Krzysztof Dracz as Berija |
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Samir Osman as NKVD Man #1 |
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Mark Zak as NKVD Man #2 |
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Tomas Jester as NKVD Man #3 |
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Joan Pascu as Delegate |
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Boris Naujoks as Frida's Comrade |
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Johanna Penski as Passerby |
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Jutta Post as Passerby |
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Gisela Neumann as Passerby |
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Martin Olbertz as Arrestee |
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Torsten Michaelis as Sentry #1 |
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Hendrik Arnst as Sentry #2 |
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Nina Weiss as Variety Dancer #1 |
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Gloria Wind as Variety Dancer #2 |
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Marianne Tarnowskij as Variety Dancer #3 |
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Faye Anderson as Variety Dancer #4 |
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Lyndsey Stokes as Variety Dancer #5 |
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Holger Oppenhoff as Bohème Orchestra |
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Josef Svoboda as Bohème Orchestra |
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Guido Schlösser as Bohème Orchestra |
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Rudi Lips as Bohème Orchestra |
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Martin Langer as Bohème Orchestra |
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Tobias Koch as Bohème Orchestra |
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Thomas Bauer as Bohème Orchestra |
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Jaymes Butler as Joe (uncredited) |
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Marco Klammer as Variety Show Guest (uncredited) |
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Sylvia Schwarz as French Woman (uncredited) |
| Directing | Leander Haußmann | Director |
| Writing | Leander Haußmann | Screenplay |
| Writing | Helmut Dietl | Idea |
| Writing | Uwe Timm | Idea |
| Writing | Volker Einrauch | Idea |
| Production | Günter Rohrbach | Producer |
| Production | Corinna Eich | Producer |
| Sound | Ralf Wengenmayr | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Uli Hanisch | Production Design |
| Art | Kai Koch | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ute Paffendorf | Costume Design |
| Editing | Hansjörg Weißbrich | Editor |
| Camera | Hagen Bogdanski | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Georg Korpas | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kitty Kratschke | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Katharina Nädelin | Makeup Artist |