Small Hotel

Overview

Piccolo Hotel (aka Small Hotel) uses the titular establishment to weave together a vast tapestry of subplots, a la Grand Hotel. The guests include a domineering mother (Lola Braccini), her petulant daughter (Bianca Doria) and the daughter's gigolo boyfriend (Guido Notari). Also on hand is a worldly vamp (Laura Nucci) who also falls for the boyfriend, and the chronic-gambler son (Andrea Checchi) of the hotel's self-sacrificing landlady (Emma Grammatica). Though the film is set in Budapest, the characters are more Mediterranean than mittel-European. Piccolo Hotel was one of the entries in the Vienna Biennial Film Festival.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

January 10, 1939

Original language

English

Production

Alfa Film

Cast

Silvio Bagolini,Augusto Di Giovanni,Bianca Doria,Maria Dominiani,Luisella Beghi,Corrado De Cenzo,Wanda Capodaglio,Velia Cruicchi Galvani,Lola Braccini,Gino Viottiand 10 more

Director

Piero Ballerini

Writer

Piero Ballerini

Cinematography

Ugo Lombardi

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0031798