Hotel Imperial (1927)
Pola loving, hating, fighting, running the gamut of every conceivable human emotion. Never has she given such full play to her genius.
During World War I, an Austrian officer is trapped behind the Russian lines. He tries to sneak through to his own lines, but is forced to take refuge in a small hotel, where he is hidden by the establishment's chambermaid. The two fall in love, but a Russian general makes the hotel his headquarters and sets his sights on the maid. In addition, the Austrian must find out the identity of a spy who is feeding the Russians military information that could lead to the destruction of the Austrian army.
- Date of release
- 1927-01-01
- TMDB
- 5.9 / 10 (9)
- Runtime
- 1h 25m
- Genres
- Drama, War
- Director
- Mauritz Stiller
Casting
- Pola Negri — Anna Sedlak
- James Hall — Lt. Paul Almasy
- George Siegmann — Gen. Juschkiewitsch
- Max Davidson — Elias Butterman
- Michael Vavitch — Tabakowitsch
- Otto Fries — Anton Klinak
- Nicholas Soussanin — Baron Fredrikson
- Golden Wadhams — Maj. Gen. Sultanov
Interesting facts
Hotel Imperial is a 1927 American silent war drama film directed by Mauritz Stiller and released by Paramount Pictures. The film is set in Austria-Hungary during World War I and starring Pola Negri as a hotel chambermaid. It is based on the 1917 Hungarian play of the same name by Lajos Bíró.
Production
The film used the same exterior town square set from Negri's film The Spanish Dancer (1923).
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