Premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival on February 6, 2014; U.S. theatrical release on March 7, 2014. Budget: Approximately $25 million.
Zero recounts his youth as a lobby boy (Tony Revolori) under the legendary concierge M. Gustave H. (Ralph Fiennes). After the death of a wealthy guest, Madame D., Gustave is bequeathed a priceless Renaissance painting, Boy with Apple . The Grand Budapest HotelHD
The film utilizes a nested "story within a story" structure: Premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival on
A young girl reads a memoir in a cemetery (present day). The story shifts to the author of that book in 1985, and then to 1968, when a young author (Jude Law) meets the aging owner of the hotel, Zero Moustafa (F. Murray Abraham). Zero recounts his youth as a lobby boy
Framed for Madame D.'s murder by her son Dmitri, Gustave and Zero must steal the painting, escape prison, and clear Gustave's name amidst the rising threat of war and fascism. Technical & Artistic Style
Shot primarily in Görlitz, Germany , using an abandoned department store for the hotel's interior. Plot Summary