Underplayed Gems

Palace Hotel (1952)

Palace Hotel poster
Directed by
Emil Berna
Genre
drama film
Country
Switzerland
Runtime
1h 44m
Rated
12
Rating
5.5 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A drama set in a grand hotel in the 1950s. The story follows the guests and staff as their lives intersect within the hotel's walls.

classicrestrainedseriousdignifiedold-fashionedformalquietstately

What happens

Palace Hotel (German: Palast Hotel) is a 1952 Swiss-West German drama film directed by Emil Berna and Leonard Steckel and starring Paul Hubschmid, Käthe Gold and Anne-Marie Blanc. It was made at the Bellerive Studios in Zürich. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jean d'Eaubonne. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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