Enchanting and dynamic, romantic and cynical at the same time - all this is about the feature film “Grand Budapest Hotel”. Actors to match the grandiose action on the screen: look at anyone - a star. Characteristic and very vivid characters even after an episodic appearance on the screen remain in memory for a long time. Well, for one of the most prominent representatives of independent cinema, not only in the United States, but also in the world, Wes Anderson, the picture became a high point. The unique and unique author's style, the ability to seriously show joking, the ability to embody your own universe on the screen and immerse the viewer in an amazing and sometimes fantastic world - all this is fully reflected in the film.
Briefly about the plot
The film “Hotel Grand Budapest” ”(the actors and roles are discussed further in the text of the article) was shot based on the stories of Austrian critic and writer Stefan Zweig. Actions unfold in the non-existent European country of Zubrovka. The narration is conducted in the first person, an unknown writer tells the viewer a story from his distant youth. Once he had to stay at the renowned Grand Budapest Hotel. It is here that he manages to learn about the incredible events that took place at the hotel between the two world wars from the mysterious owner.
In a hotel under a strange set of circumstances, an elderly and very rich guest dies - Madame D., who was friends with the concierge for many years. She bequeathed to him the valuable painting "The Boy with the Apple." The son of an aristocrat disagrees and accuses the concierge of murder.
Grand Budapest Hotel: actors - Ralph Fiennes
Hotel manager Monsieur Gustav performed by the brilliant Rafe Fiennes is impeccable. The role seems to be created for the actor, however, there is information that the image was really created specifically for him. Sophisticated and refined, charming and extremely loving towards old ladies, he imperiously and severely ran the hotel, holding all that is said to be in mittens. In an interview, the creator of the film, W. Anderson, says that Fiennes is a unique actor, having no comic role, nevertheless he can be completely different, including funny.
Zero Mustafa - Tony Revolori and F. Murray Abraham
The boy is a bellboy, and in the future, the person who owns the Grand Budapest Hotel. Actors for the role of Zero Mustafa are selected perfectly. The young bellboy was performed by 18-year-old Guatemalan-born American Tony Revolori. Perhaps this is his first such a serious and noticeable role, and even surrounded by Hollywood stars. According to the plot, he is almost invisible, a quiet and modest guy, madly in love with the girl Agatha. From a simple corridor, he first becomes Gustav’s assistant, and then his friend and accomplice. Great acting duet and impeccable game.
Zero Mustafa, who became the owner of the hotel and conversing with an unknown writer, was played by American actor F.M. Abraham.
Agatha - Saoirse Ronan
The role of beloved Zero Mustafa, the beautiful Agatha with a noticeable scar on her cheek, was performed by a young and promising Irish actress, Sirsha Ronan. She perfectly embodied on the screen the image of a timid and at the same time brave girl who is ready for anything for the sake of love and her fiance. She fearlessly helps him with Mr. Gustav’s jailbreak venture and later marries him.
Madame D. - Tilda Swinton
Unusual, bright, talented - with all these epithets you can safely bestow the British actress Tilda Swinton, known for her participation mainly in independent cinema, as well as in some Hollywood projects. She got an episodic, but very colorful role in the film “Hotel Grand Budapest” (actors and photos are presented in the article) - Madame D., in fact, the very 84-year-old woman with whom all this crazy mess with inheritance and the picture. It should be noted absolutely stunning age make-up, which was applied before filming for several hours. The director of the picture was in full satisfaction from the game and absolute admiration for the actress herself, calling her a fantastically charming personality, intelligent and intelligent, professional in her field, who can handle any image.
Other actors in the movie Hotel Grand Budapest
It is difficult to call other roles in the film secondary, because all of them, like particles of a bright mosaic, are necessary and create the integrity of the perception of the picture. Staying on the screen even a minimal amount of time, they are remembered by the viewer for a long time.
An eccentric and gloomy couple - Dmitry (the son of Madame D.) and the hired killer hired by him are beyond praise (pictured above). The hysterical, greedy and cruel aristocrat is embodied on the screen by Adrien Brody. The American actor and producer, who has the role of a melancholy intellectual, this time chose a radically opposite image and coped with it perfectly. Willem Dafoe - the hit man and the main villain in the film "Hotel Grand Budapest." The actors composed a pair of antagonists Gustav and Zero.
The American actor Edward Norton, who is familiar to the viewer from the movie “Fight Club” and is a three-time Oscar nominee, plays the role of Inspector Henkels: an unflappable legalist. One cannot fail to notice Jeff Goldblum in the episodic, but very interesting role of the charge d'affaires of Madame D. (pictured).
In addition, Jude Law (writer), Lea Seydoux (servant), Owen Wilson and Bill Murray (Monsieur Chuck and Ivan) took part in the film.
Critics almost unanimously praised the painting “Hotel Grand Budapest.” The actors and roles are selected perfectly, the eminent star cast and magnificent script, the professional and original work of the operators, all this makes you forget about time and plunge into the world of pre-war Europe, which will never be the same.