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The Dead Mountaineer's Hotel

1979 1h 20m Crime Drama Sci-Fi List
Tomatometer 0 Reviews 36% Popcornmeter Fewer than 50 Ratings
An avalanche in the Alps cuts a hotel off from the rest of the world, and odd things happen.

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Audience Member The Dead Mountaineer’s Hotel is constructed like a classic murder mystery. You take an odd group of characters, confine them together in a remote location, one of them shows up dead, and then a detective must unravel what happened. I quite like the way it is presented visually. Somehow they manage to make this hotel feel large and spacious in one scene and then confined and claustrophobic in another. Not to mention the overall strange and other-worldly look of the place. They also did a great job of making it seem like there was someone watching our protagonist, around every single corner. There are a number of minutes where The Dead Mountaineer’s Hotel is a tad slow, and I felt like the story wasn’t progressing. However, I was always drawn back into the movie, because I was waiting to discover the identity of the murderer. Sadly, I think the ending was the worst part for me. It takes a turn that simply didn’t work and left me scratching my head. I feel like the intent was to make a bit of social commentary with that ending, but it didn’t work effectively based on how the film was set up. I wanted a more grounded and logical conclusion. I doubt I’ll be seeking The Dead Mountaineer’s Hotel for a second viewing, but it was at least intriguing enough to keep me engaged throughout its runtime. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/19/21 Full Review Audience Member A polícia recebe uma ligação para um solitário hotel nos Alpes. Quando um oficial chega ao hotel parece estar tudo bem. De repente, uma avalanche isola-os do resto do mundo e coisas estranhas acontecem. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/19/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis An avalanche in the Alps cuts a hotel off from the rest of the world, and odd things happen.
Director
Grigori Kromanov
Producer
Veronika Bobossova, Raimund Felt
Screenwriter
Arkadiy Strugatskiy, Boris Strugatskiy
Production Co
Talinnfilm
Genre
Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi
Original Language
Estonian
Runtime
1h 20m