Summary
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.
Good for
- Date night
- Friends night
- Teens
Where to watch
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At a glance
Running time
1 h 42 min
A typical length for comedies
typical 100102Half of all comedies run 91–111 min.
Reach
Streams in 2 countries, rent or buy in 3 more
Released
2011
October 27, 2011
15 years ago
Genres
ComedyDramaLanguage
German
Original language
Also spoken
RussianEnglishMade in
Germany
58 people
Michael HerbigHans Zeisig
Jürgen VogelSiegfried Meyer
Thekla ReutenFrida von Oorten
Valeriy GrishkoStalin
Alexander SenderovichJeschow
Juraj KukuraWassili Ulrich
Thomas ThiemeGeorgi Dimitroff
Gennadi VengerovUpit
Josef OstendorfMama
Sebastian BlombergKarl-Heinz Müller
Sibylle CanonicaMs. Platten
Axel WandtkeWalter Ulbricht
Steffi KühnertLotte Kühn
Robert DölleJohannes R. Becher
Daniel WiemerHerbert Wehner
Matthias BrennerWilhelm Pieck
Friedrich Karl PraetoriusHansen
Johann Adam OestValetti
Uwe Dag BerlinHubert Kessel
Yevgeni SitokhinStalin's Translator #1
Steffen ScheumannStalin's Translator #2- JMJürgen MikolFritz Petter
- JFJulius FelsbergKarlchen
- DKDavid KuhlBertchen
Directing · 1
- Leander Haußmann Director, Screenplay
Writing · 3
- Helmut Dietl Idea
- Volker Einrauch Idea
- Uwe Timm Idea
Production · 2
- Günter Rohrbach Producer
- Corinna Eich Producer
Camera · 1
- Hagen Bogdanski Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Hansjörg Weißbrich Editor
Sound · 1
- Ralf Wengenmayr Original Music Composer
Art · 2
- Uli Hanisch Production Design
- Kai Koch Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up · 4
- Ute Paffendorf Costume Design
- Katharina Nädelin Makeup Artist
- Georg Korpas Makeup Artist
- Kitty Kratschke Makeup Artist
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