Gran Hotel (film)

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Gran Hotel
Directed by Miguel M. Delgado
Written byMiguel M. Delgado
Story by Jaime Salvador
Starring Cantinflas
Jacqueline Dalya
Cinematography Alex Phillips
Edited by Jorge Bustos
Music by Manuel Esperón
Production
company
Posa Films
Distributed by Columbia Pictures
Release date
  • 18 August 1944 (1944-08-18)
Running time
106 minutes
CountryMexico
LanguageSpanish

Gran Hotel (English: Grand Hotel) is a 1944 Mexican film directed and written by Miguel M. Delgado, starring Cantinflas. [1] [2]

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Plot

Cantinflas is a tramp who is evicted for not paying the rent. After wandering, he gets a job at the "Gran Hotel" through a friend, where he is confused with the Duke of Alfanje, who is incognito in the hotel, and the theft of a jewel further complicates the situation.

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References

  1. Stavans, p. 86.
  2. Balderston, González & López, p. 274.

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