In 1938 Hans Zeisig, an apolitical comedian, impersonator and cabaret actor, flees with a Russian passport (instead of American, which he would have preferred) from Nazi-Berlin, and finds himself in the legendary Hotel Lux, the 'lost paradise' of the Comintern, in Moscow. Everyone believes that Zeisig is a man named Hansen, Hitler's personal astrologer. But Zeisig quickly realizes that he's gone from the frying pan into the fire. In the Hotel Lux he meets his friends Frida and later Meyer again, still passionate communists. For the three idealists an adventure between love and death begins to run his course.
Unfortunately the movie Hotel Lux is not yet available on HBO Max.
Art | Uli Hanisch | Production Design |
Writing | Helmut Dietl | Idea |
Costume & Make-Up | Ute Paffendorf | Costume Design |
Production | Günter Rohrbach | Producer |
Production | Corinna Eich | Producer |
Directing | Leander Haußmann | Director |
Writing | Leander Haußmann | Screenplay |
Writing | Volker Einrauch | Idea |
Art | Kai Koch | Art Direction |
Sound | Ralf Wengenmayr | Original Music Composer |
Writing | Uwe Timm | Idea |
Editing | Hansjörg Weißbrich | Editor |
Camera | Hagen Bogdanski | Director of Photography |