Hotel Lux

Sunday, April 15
1hr 50mins // directed by:Leander Haußmann

Berlin, 1930s. Cabaret star Hans Zeisig has made a reputation of making fun of Adolf Hitler, but with Hitler in power, Zeisig has come to the end of his rope. He decides to flee Germany, but ends up in the arms of Joseph Stalin. Arriving in Moscow, Zeisig becomes Stalin's personal astrologer, living with Communism's grandees in the notorious Hotel Lux.

Director Leander Haußmann's black comedy, Hotel Lux, pokes fun at both the Nazi regime and Stalin's reign of terror, masterfully merging a Lubitsch-style screball comedy with tragic elements, reminiscent of My Life Is Beautiful.

In German and Russian with English subtitles