Directed by:
Leander HaußmannCinematography:
Hagen BogdanskiComposer:
Ralf WengenmayrCast:
Michael Herbig, Jürgen Vogel, Thekla Reuten, Alexander Senderovich, Juraj Kukura, Thomas Thieme, Sebastian Blomberg, Steffi Kühnert, Sibylle Canonica (more)Plots(1)
Berlin, 1930s. Cabaret star Hans Zeisig cracks up his audiences with his Stalin-Hitler-show, but with the political atmosphere changing, he is forced to flee. He sets out for Hollywood, but makes it to Moscow's Hotel Lux instead. (Berlinale)
Cast
![Michael Herbig](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/063/160063248_bf44ce.jpg)
Michael Herbig
West Germany
Best movies:
Vicky the Viking (2009)
Four Against the Bank (2016)
Manitou's Shoe (2001)
![Jürgen Vogel](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/790/168790903_lewix1.jpg)
Jürgen Vogel
West Germany
Best movies:
The Wave (2008)
Life Is All You Get (1997)
Die Kirschenkönigin (2004) (series)
![Thekla Reuten](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/810/163810499_12c2c0.png)
Thekla Reuten
Netherlands
Alexander Senderovich
Best movies:
Hôtel Lux (2011)
![Juraj Kukura](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268619_89d0f6.jpg)
Juraj Kukura
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Shadows of a Hot Summer (1977)
Kukura (2014) (theatrical recording)
Demeterovci (1976) (TV movie)
![Thomas Thieme](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/093/886/93886078_f8c306.jpg)
Thomas Thieme
Germany
Best movies:
The Lives of Others (2006)
The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)
Downfall (2004)
![Sebastian Blomberg](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/452/452530_23b262.jpg)
Sebastian Blomberg
West Germany
Best movies:
Maximilian & Marie De Bourgogne (2017) (series)
Curveball (2020)
The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)
![Steffi Kühnert](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/361/159361753_7a0f66.jpg)
Steffi Kühnert
East Germany
Best movies:
Stopped on Track (2011)
The Same Sky (2017) (series)
The White Ribbon (2009)
![Sibylle Canonica](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/689/158689197_9296a9.jpg)
Sibylle Canonica
Switzerland
Best movies:
Beyond Silence (1996)
The Goldfish (2019)
Hôtel Lux (2011)
![Josef Ostendorf](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/209/163209332_72d367.png)
Josef Ostendorf
West Germany
Best movies:
Goethe! (2010)
Buffalo Soldiers (2001)
Hôtel Lux (2011)
![Jaymes Butler](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/886/157886428_7d0331.jpg)
Jaymes Butler
USA
Best movies:
Mission: Impossible 3 (2006)
Snowden (2016)
L'Écrivain fantôme (2010)
Leander Haußmann
East Germany
Best movies:
Sun Alley (1999)
Die Konkurrentin (1997) (TV movie)
Hôtel Lux (2011)
![Jevgenij Sitočin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/632/159632892_29bcb5.jpg)
Jevgenij Sitočin
Soviet Union
Best movies:
The Bourne Supremacy (2004)
The Final Journey (2017)
4 Days in May (2011)
![Greta Bohacek](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/844/165844454_c8458c.jpg)
Greta Bohacek
Germany
Best movies:
La Cérémonie (1995)
Freddy/Eddy (2016)
If Not Us, Who? (2011)
![Gennadiy Vengerov](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/630/161630524_3e1204.jpg)
Gennadiy Vengerov
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Enemy at the Gates (2001)
Deja vu (1990)
Manta - Der Film (1991)
![Matthias Brenner](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/323/159323582_9687b8.jpg)
Matthias Brenner
East Germany
Best movies:
The Lives of Others (2006)
System Crasher (2019)
A Good Boy (2008) (TV movie)
![Uwe Dag Berlin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/771/166771385_8aff33.jpg)
Uwe Dag Berlin
East Germany
Best movies:
Nothing Bad Can Happen (2013)
Sources of Life (2013)
Sun Alley (1999)
![Holger Handtke](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/463/159463758_87decb.jpg)
Holger Handtke
West Germany
Best movies:
Enemy at the Gates (2001)
The Silent Revolution (2018)
54 Hours (2018) (series)
![Ina Paule Klink](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/310/160310156_4c0721.jpg)
Ina Paule Klink
East Germany
Best movies:
Hôtel Lux (2011)
Der Zürich-Krimi (2016) (series)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Steffen Scheumann
Best movies:
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
The Princess and the Warrior (2000)
Sun Alley (1999)