Great Way of Narrating Stories about Money

Dee 2022-03-23 09:02:47

It is great. Though it was shot in 1932, and the color is black and white, it touched me very much. Actor John Gilbert was so handsome but he died at age of 39, which is really a pity. He acted well, fully depicting the Grand Hotel thief well. Actress Greta Garbo was elegant.

Theme of the film is about people's desperation about money and making a living. Life then during financial crisis (1929-1933) must be hard.

It is a sad ending with a actor dying and actress cheated to traveling to Berlin. It is a bit ironic that another two minor actor and actress heading for Grand Hotel in Paris. Do they really love each other? What would happen after that 13,000 marks spent? It is an open ending. But well said, people come, people go. Nothing seems to happen in Grand Hotel.

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Grand Hotel quotes

  • Grusinskaya: Can you imagine a hundred girls in the ballet school, each thinking she would become the most famous dancer in all the world? I was ambitious then. We were drilled like little soldiers. No rest, no stopping. I was little, slim, but hard as a diamond. Then I became famous and - But why am I telling you all this? Last night, I didn't know you at all. Who are you, really?

    Baron Felix von Geigern: What?

    Grusinskaya: I don't even know your name.

    Baron Felix von Geigern: [laughs] I am Felix Benvenuto Freihern von Geigern. My mother called me "Flix".

    Grusinskaya: [joyously] No! Flix! Oh, that's sweet. And how do you live? And what kind of a person are you?

    Baron Felix von Geigern: I'm a prodigal son, the black sheep of a white flock. I shall die on the gallows.

  • Preysing: I don't know much about women. I've been married for 28 years, you know.