the grand budapest hotel
8/12/2014
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The Grand Budapest Hotel tells of a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars and his friendship with a young employee who becomes his trusted protégé. The story involves the theft and recovery of a priceless Renaissance painting, the battle for an enormous family fortune and the slow and then sudden upheavals that transformed Europe during the first half of the 20th century.
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Comedy ꞏ Drama ꞏ hotel ꞏ painting ꞏ wartime ꞏ eastern europe ꞏ author ꞏ gunfight ꞏ theft ꞏ bellboy ꞏ mentor protégé relationship ꞏ european ꞏ hotel lobby ꞏ renaissance painting ꞏ 1960s ꞏ 1930s ꞏ admiring ꞏ cheerful