Hotel Lux (2011)

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 (58)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

Michael Herbig

Hans Zeisig

Jürgen Vogel

Siegfried Meyer

Thekla Reuten

Frida von Oorten

Valeriy Grishko

Stalin

Alexander Senderovich

Jeschow

Juraj Kukura

Wassili Ulrich

Thomas Thieme

Georgi Dimitroff

Gennadi Vengerov

Upit

Josef Ostendorf

Mama

Sebastian Blomberg

Karl-Heinz Müller

Sibylle Canonica

Ms. Platten

Axel Wandtke

Walter Ulbricht

Steffi Kühnert

Lotte Kühn

Robert Dölle

Johannes R. Becher

Daniel Wiemer

Herbert Wehner

Matthias Brenner

Wilhelm Pieck

Friedrich Karl Praetorius

Hansen

Johann Adam Oest

Valetti

Uwe Dag Berlin

Hubert Kessel

Yevgeni Sitokhin

Stalin's Translator #1

Steffen Scheumann

Stalin's Translator #2

J

Jürgen Mikol

Fritz Petter

J

Julius Felsberg

Karlchen

D

David Kuhl

Bertchen

Greta Bohacek

Marlene

L

Leander Haußmann

Stage Manager

Ina Paule Klink

Dancer / Starlet

Arved Birnbaum

Obersturmbannführer

Axel Sichrovsky

SS Man

Holger Handtke

Ribbentrop

J

Jakob Köhn

Molotow

Krzysztof Dracz

Berija

S

Samir Osman

NKVD Man #1

Mark Zak

NKVD Man #2

T

Tomas Jester

NKVD Man #3

Joan Pascu

Delegate

Boris Naujoks

Frida's Comrade

Johanna Penski

Passerby

J

Jutta Post

Passerby

G

Gisela Neumann

Passerby

Martin Olbertz

Arrestee

Torsten Michaelis

Sentry #1

Hendrik Arnst

Sentry #2

N

Nina Weiss

Variety Dancer #1

G

Gloria Wind

Variety Dancer #2

M

Marianne Tarnowskij

Variety Dancer #3

F

Faye Anderson

Variety Dancer #4

L

Lyndsey Stokes

Variety Dancer #5

H

Holger Oppenhoff

Bohème Orchestra

J

Josef Svoboda

Bohème Orchestra

G

Guido Schlösser

Bohème Orchestra

R

Rudi Lips

Bohème Orchestra

M

Martin Langer

Bohème Orchestra

T

Tobias Koch

Bohème Orchestra

T

Thomas Bauer

Bohème Orchestra

Jaymes Butler

Joe (uncredited)

Marco Klammer

Variety Show Guest (uncredited)

Sylvia Schwarz

French Woman (uncredited)

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