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The Grand Budapest Hotel
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About 2014 film directed by Wes Anderson
Genres drama, comedy, tragicomedy, adventure, crime, romance
Directed by Wes Anderson
Written by Stefan Zweig, Wes Anderson, Hugo Guinness
Starring Edward Norton, Jude Law, Bill Murray, Willem Dafoe, Ralph Fiennes, Adrien Brody, Owen Wilson, Saoirse Ronan
Music Alexandre Desplat
Runtime 99 min
Country United States, Germany
Links Wikipedia · IMDb · Letterboxd · Wikidata
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