Savoy Hotel 217 | |
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Directed by | Gustav Ucicky |
Written by | Gerhard Menzel |
Produced by | Fritz Podehl |
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Cinematography | Fritz Arno Wagner |
Edited by | Eduard von Borsody |
Music by | Walter Gronostay |
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Distributed by | UFA |
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Running time | 92 minutes |
Country | Germany |
Language | German |
Savoy Hotel 217 (German: Savoy-Hotel 217) is a 1936 German mystery drama film directed by Gustav Ucicky and starring Hans Albers, Brigitte Horney and Alexander Engel. [1] It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Potsdam. [2] The film's sets were designed by the art directors Robert Herlth and Walter Röhrig. The costumes were by Herbert Ploberger. It premiered at Berlin's UFA-Palast am Zoo.
In Tsarist Russia before the First World War, a couple arrive at a luxury hotel where the husband is murdered. A number of people fall under suspicion, including the head waiter. He undertakes an investigation to find the real culprit.
Writing for The Spectator in 1936, Graham Greene gave the film a positive review, characterizing it as an "agreeably [...] slow, good-humoured murder-story". Praising Engel's acting as particularly vivid, Greene summarized the film, claiming: "melodramatic passions are given a pleasantly realistic setting by a very competent director and a first-class cameraman". [3]