Grand Hotel Excelsior

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Grand Hotel Excelsior
Grand Hotel Excelsior.jpg
Italian theatrical release poster by Renato Casaro
Directed by Castellano & Pipolo
Written byCastellano & Pipolo
Produced by Mario Cecchi Gori
Vittorio Cecchi Gori
Starring Enrico Montesano
Carlo Verdone
Diego Abatantuono
Adriano Celentano
Cinematography Danilo Desideri
Edited by Antonio Siciliano
Music by Armando Trovajoli
Release date
  • 1982 (1982)
Running time
114 min
Country Italy
LanguageItalian

Grand Hotel Excelsior is a 1982 Italian comedy film directed by Castellano & Pipolo. [1] The film was a commercial success, being the best grossing film in the season 1982/83 at the Italian box office. [2]

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Plot

Four funny characters are working in a luxurious Grand Hotel. Mr. Thaddeus is the hotel manager, lover of beautiful music and womanizer; Egisto Costanzi is a waiter who has lost his wife and who is in search of the ideal woman; Segrate is the magician illusionist entertainer evenings at Hotel. He is a vainglorious and bungler man, who never has managed to levitate. Finally in the hotel there is a bungler boxer: Pericles, who organizes the end of the story a great evening concert, where they play all four star protagonists of the film.

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References

  1. ↑ Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 2000. ISBN   8877424230.
  2. ↑ Franco Montini (1997). I grandi del cinema: Carlo Verdone. Gremese Editore, 1997. ISBN   8877420669.


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