Hotel Lux

The story

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 his course.

Cast

M Michael HerbigHans Zeisig J Jürgen VogelSiegfried Meyer T Thekla ReutenFrida von Oorten V Valeriy GrishkoStalin A Alexander SenderovichJeschow J Juraj KukuraWassili Ulrich T Thomas ThiemeGeorgi Dimitroff G Gennadi VengerovUpit J Josef OstendorfMama S Sebastian BlombergKarl-Heinz Müller S Sibylle CanonicaMs. Platten A Axel WandtkeWalter Ulbricht

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S Steffi KühnertLotte Kühn R Robert DölleJohannes R. Becher D Daniel WiemerHerbert Wehner M Matthias BrennerWilhelm Pieck F Friedrich Karl PraetoriusHansen J Johann Adam OestValetti U Uwe Dag BerlinHubert Kessel Y Yevgeni SitokhinStalin's Translator #1 S Steffen ScheumannStalin's Translator #2 J Jürgen MikolFritz Petter J Julius FelsbergKarlchen D David KuhlBertchen G Greta BohacekMarlene L Leander HaußmannStage Manager I Ina Paule KlinkDancer / Starlet A Arved BirnbaumObersturmbannführer A Axel SichrovskySS Man H Holger HandtkeRibbentrop J Jakob KöhnMolotow K Krzysztof DraczBerija S Samir OsmanNKVD Man #1 M Mark ZakNKVD Man #2 T Tomas JesterNKVD Man #3 J Joan PascuDelegate B Boris NaujoksFrida's Comrade J Johanna PenskiPasserby J Jutta PostPasserby G Gisela NeumannPasserby M Martin OlbertzArrestee T Torsten MichaelisSentry #1 H Hendrik ArnstSentry #2 N Nina WeissVariety Dancer #1 G Gloria WindVariety Dancer #2 M Marianne TarnowskijVariety Dancer #3 F Faye AndersonVariety Dancer #4 L Lyndsey StokesVariety Dancer #5 H Holger OppenhoffBohème Orchestra J Josef SvobodaBohème Orchestra G Guido SchlösserBohème Orchestra R Rudi LipsBohème Orchestra M Martin LangerBohème Orchestra T Tobias KochBohème Orchestra T Thomas BauerBohème Orchestra J Jaymes ButlerJoe (uncredited) M Marco KlammerVariety Show Guest (uncredited) S Sylvia SchwarzFrench Woman (uncredited)