''Palace Hotel'' (German: ''Palast Hotel'') is a 1952 Swiss-West German drama film directed by

Emil Berna Emil Berna (2 April 1907 – 16 October 2000) was a Swiss cinematographer. He also co-directed one film, the 1952 drama '' Palace Hotel''. For several decades Berna was employed on almost all the major Swiss film productions. He worked on the 194 ...

and Leonard Steckel and starring

Paul Hubschmid Paul Hubschmid (; 20 July 1917 – 31 December 2001) was a Swiss actor. He was most notable for his role as Henry Higgins in a production of ''My Fair Lady''. In some of his Hollywood films he used the name Paul Christian. He appeared in dozens ...

, Käthe Gold and

Anne-Marie Blanc Anne-Marie Blanc (1919–2009) was born on 2 September 1919 in Vevey, Vaud, Switzerland. She was a Swiss film and television actress. She died on 5 February 2009 in Zurich, Switzerland.

.Bock & Bergfelder p.252 It was made at the Bellerive Studios in Zurich. The film's sets were designed by the

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Jean d'Eaubonne.

Cast

as Fredy * Käthe Gold as Emilie, Zimmermädchen *

as Inhaberin des Hotels * Claude Farell as Madame Perrat * Liliana Tellini as Speranza, Zimmermädchen * Gustav Knuth as Loosli, Kellermeister *

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as Staub, Zimmerkellner *

Zarli Carigiet Zarli Carigiet (5 August 1907 – 6 May 1981) was a Swiss actor and comedian. He was a member of the satirical Cabaret Cornichon and starred in movies by directors such as Leopold Lindtberg, Franz Schnyder, and Kurt Früh. He was the younge ...

as Giachem, Konditor * Max Haufler as Hunziker, Oberheizer *

Alfred Rasser Alfred Rasser (29 May 1907 – 18 August 1977) was a Swiss comedian, radio personality, and stage and film actor who starred predominantly in Swiss German-language cinema and television and stage productions, but he was also known for the role of ...

as Leblanc, Küchenchef *

Otto Zehnder Otto is a masculine German given name and a surname. It originates as an Old High German short form (variants ''Audo'', ''Odo'', ''Udo'') of Germanic names beginning in ''aud-'', an element meaning "wealth, prosperity". The name is recorded fr ...

as Walter, Emilies Sohn * Margrit Rainer as Hilde Staub, Telefonistin * Helen Vita as Fräulein Lüthi, Telefonistin *

Walburga Gmür Walpurga or Walburga ( ang, Wealdburg, la, Valpurga, Walpurga, Walpurgis, sv, Valborg; c. AD 71025 February 777 or 779), also spelled Valderburg or Guibor, was an Anglo-Saxon missionary to the Frankish Empire. She was canonized on 1 May c. 870 ...

as Frau Muffler, Putzfrau * Sigfrit Steiner as Gloor, Buchhalter * Lys Assia as Schlager-Sängerin *

Heinz Woester Heinz Woester (1901–1970) was a Swiss film A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories ...

as Konsul Rainer *

Lukas Ammann Lukas Ammann (29 September 1912 – 3 May 2017) was a Swiss actor who appeared mainly in German and Swiss films and television shows. He continued to work steadily for over 60 years. He is best known for his title role in the German televis ...

as Dr. Suvalà *

Else Bötticher Else may refer to: Places * Else (Lenne), a river in Germany, tributary to the Lenne * Else (Werre), a river in Germany, tributary to the Werre People * Else (given name) * Else (surname) Music * "Else" (song), a 1999 rock song * ''The Else'', ...

as Frau Rainer * Schaggi Streuli as Buol, Präsident eines Sportvereins * Walo Lüönd as Hotelpage

References

Bibliography

* Hans-Michael Bock and Tim Bergfelder. ''The Concise Cinegraph: An Encyclopedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books, 2009.

External links

* 1952 films Swiss drama films 1952 drama films German drama films West German films 1950s German-language films Films directed by Leonard Steckel Swiss black-and-white films German black-and-white films 1950s German films {{Switzerland-film-stub