Hotel Lux

Berlin in the 1930s. Comedian and cabaret star Hans Zeisig never fails to crack up his audiences with his Stalin-Hitler-show, performed with his close friend and acting partner Siegfried Meyer, a Jew. But with the political atmosphere changing, Meyer joins the Resistance. A few years later, the politically uninterested Zeisig is forced to flee after he gives shelter to Meyer′s beautiful Communist comrade Frida. He sets out for Hollywood, but makes it to Moscow instead, landing at the Hotel Lux. There, in the legendary "lost paradise" of the Comintern, he is mistaken for Hitler′s personal astrologer and must now play the part of Stalin′s personal astrologer. Going with the flow, he hopes to keep up his free-spirited, bohemian lifestyle. But he quickly realizes that he′s jumped from the frying pan into the fire: hidden microphones are recording every word, and Stalin starts to play a dangerous comedy with Zeisig. When Zeisig is reunited with Frida and his former stage partner Meyer, the three embark on an adventure that zigzags between love, death and unbelievable chutzpah...

"Hotel Lux" pokes fun at both the Nazi regime and Stalin′s regime of terror, masterfully merging a screwball comedy in the best Lubitsch-style with tragic elements reminiscent of LA "Vita è bella". The film boasts a screenplay full of twists and turns and superb performances.

Source: German Films Service & Marketing GmbH