Hotel Lux
102 mins
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.
Alexander Senderovich
Jeschow
Jürgen Mikol
Fritz Petter
Julius Felsberg
Karlchen
David Kuhl
Bertchen
Jakob Köhn
Molotow
Samir Osman
NKWD-Mann 1
Tomas Jester
NKWD-Mann 3
Jutta Post
Passantin
Gisela Neumann
Passantin
Nina Weiss
Varietétänzerin 1
Gloria Wind
Varietétänzerin 2
Marianne Tarnowskij
Varietétänzerin 3
Faye Anderson
Varietétänzerin 4
Lyndsey Stokes
Varietétänzerin 5
Holger Oppenhoff
Mitglied des Bohèmeorchesters
Josef Svoboda
Mitglied des Bohèmeorchesters
Guido Schlösser
Mitglied des Bohèmeorchesters
Rudi Lips
Mitglied des Bohèmeorchesters
Martin Langer
Mitglied des Bohèmeorchesters
Tobias Koch
Mitglied des Bohèmeorchesters
Thomas Bauer
Mitglied des Bohèmeorchesters
Uwe Timm
Idea
Volker Einrauch
Idea
Corinna Eich
Producer
Ralf Wengenmayr
Original Music Composer
Kai Koch
Art Direction
Ute Paffendorf
Costume Design
Hagen Bogdanski
Director of Photography