Hotel Lux

Audience Reviews

View All (2) audience reviews

Audience Member Naja.... sehr ueberfluessiger Film Rated 1.5/5 Stars •  Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 01/29/23 Full Review Audience Member Actually, it's just a comedy of errors - but an excellent one! It actually achieved to be some sort of noir comedy. Totally implausible, way too many times over the top and not exactly well acted (Bully Herbig is maybe the only one who could pull that role off without being ridiculous in a bad way - he is of course - but that's the charme of the film - how is this possible? I have no idea and I can't really explain why it works. Short summary of the film (I hope I can shorten it down enough - it's quite labyrinthine): Jürgen Vogel and Bully Herbig play two German comedians who dream of going to Hollywood in the wake of Hitler's rise to power - one of them (Vogel) is communist and has to go underground. After a while Herbig also has to leave the country (although he's completely apolitical). He flees like many fellow (mostly) communist Germans to Moscow where he finds shelter in the Hotel Lux (which really existed). There he gets confused with Hitler's astrologists who now shall foresee Stalin's future... and then it all begins. The first drama role of Herbig required some serious comedic talent (and some serious Russian studies I guess) but he's just perfect casted. If you ever get a hand on a copy of this film - buy it, rent it, steal it, I don't care but watch it and see yourself. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/26/23 Full Review Read all reviews

Hotel Lux

My Rating

Read More Read Less POST RATING WRITE A REVIEW EDIT REVIEW