2014 · 100 min · R

The Grand Budapest Hotel

Name: The Grand Budapest Hotel
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 2014
Duration: 100 min
Cast: Ralph Fiennes, F. Murray Abraham, Mathieu Amalric, Adrien Brody, Willem Dafoe

Directed by Wes Anderson · Comedy, Drama

The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) is a Comedy film, directed by Wes Anderson set during the 1930s–1980s. It runs 100 minutes and is rated R.

A heist and neo noir, with a darkly comic and comedic tone. Themes of grief & loss, betrayal, and greed & ambition play out through frame narrative and non linear / fractured timeline.

Composer

Alexandre Desplat

Cinematography

Robert D. Yeoman

Cast

Ralph FiennesF. Murray AbrahamMathieu AmalricAdrien BrodyWillem DafoeJeff GoldblumHarvey KeitelJude Law

The world of this film

Setting

Urban Mountain Rural

When

1930s 1960s 1980s

Premise & themes

Premise

Heist Neo Noir

Themes

Grief & LossBetrayalGreed & Ambition

Structure

Frame NarrativeNon Linear / Fractured Timeline

Tone

Darkly ComicComedic

Shape

Protagonist

Two Hander

Pacing

Propulsive

Dialogue

Talky Dialogue Driven

Based on

Pure Fiction

1967
Bonnie and Clyde
Texas — 1930s
Rural · Urbandir. Arthur Penn
1975
Dog Day Afternoon
New York City — 1970s
Urbandir. Sidney Lumet
1995
Heat
Los Angeles — 1990s
Urbandir. Michael Mann
2012
Moonrise Kingdom
1960s
Island · Wilderness · Ruraldir. Wes Anderson
1998
Rushmore
Houston — 1990s
Urban · Suburbandir. Wes Anderson
2001
The Royal Tenenbaums
New York City — 1970s · 1990s · 2000s
Urbandir. Wes Anderson

The Grand Budapest Hotel

The world of this film

Setting

Premise & themes

Shape

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