Grand Hotel Excelsior | |
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Italian theatrical release poster by Renato Casaro
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Directed by | Castellano & Pipolo |
Produced by |
Mario Cecchi Gori Vittorio Cecchi Gori |
Written by | Castellano & Pipolo |
Starring |
Enrico Montesano Carlo Verdone Diego Abatantuono Adriano Celentano |
Music by | Armando Trovajoli |
Cinematography | Danilo Desideri |
Edited by | Antonio Siciliano |
Release date
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1982 |
Running time
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114 min |
Country | Italy |
Language | Italian |
Grand Hotel Excelsior is a 1982 Italian comedy film directed by Castellano & Pipolo. The film was a commercial success, being the best grossing film in the season 1982/83 at the Italian box office.
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.