''Grand Hotel Excelsior'' is a 1982 Italian

comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...

directed by

Castellano & Pipolo Castellano & Pipolo is the stage name used by the pair of Italian screenwriters and film directors Franco Castellano (1925–1999) and Giuseppe Moccia (1933–2006). Together, they wrote the screenplays for about seventy films, and directed twe ...

. The film was a commercial success, being the best grossing film in the season 1982/83 at the Italian box office.

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.

Cast

* Adriano Celentano: Taddeus *

Enrico Montesano Enrico Montesano (born 7 June 1945) is an Italian actor and showman. Career Montesano comes from a family involved in theatre, and he made his debut in 1966 in a show named ''Humor nero'', alongside of Vittorio Metz. Later he became a very ...

: Egisto Costanzi *

Carlo Verdone Carlo Gregorio Verdone (born 17 November 1950) is an Italian actor, screenwriter and film director. Verdone is best known for his comedic roles in Italian classics, which he also wrote and directed. His career was jumpstarted by his first thre ...

: Pericle Coccia *

Diego Abatantuono Diego Abatantuono (born 20 May 1955) is an Italian cinema and theatre actor, and screenwriter, three-time winner of the Nastro d'Argento. Biography and career Abatantuono was born in Milan to a father of Apulian origin and a mother from Como. T ...

: Nicolino, Il mago di Segrate *

Eleonora Giorgi Eleonora Giorgi (born 21 October 1953) is an Italian actress. Biography Giorgi was born in Rome. Her father was of Italian and English origin. Her mother was of Italian and Hungarian origin. She made her film debut in a minor role in Paolo ...

: Ilde Vivaldi *

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: Ginevra *

Tiberio Murgia Tiberio Murgia (5 February 1929 – 20 August 2010) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1958 and 2009. Biography Born into a humble family, Murgia began working as a laborer from an early age. At the age of ...

: imbianchino *

Franco Diogene Franco Diogene (20 October 1947 – 27 May 2005) was an Italian actor and comedian. Life and career Born Concetto Francesco Diogene in Catania, he was the son of a Sicilian father and a Ligurian mother. At 5 years old, Diogene moved to Genoa ...

: ingegner Binotti *

Armando Brancia Armando Brancia (9 September 1917 – 20 June 1997) was an Italian film and television actor. Life and career Born in Naples, Brancia started his acting career at a mature age playing some minor roles in several RAI TV-series. His breakout ...

: Bertolazzi * Enzo Andronico: Manager of Bulldozer

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* 1982 films Italian comedy films 1982 comedy films Films directed by Castellano & Pipolo Films scored by Armando Trovajoli Films set in hotels 1980s Italian-language films 1980s Italian films {{1980s-Italy-comedy-film-stub

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