A set of plans for the model hotel. Cinematographer Richard Yeoman worked closely with Anderson to produce The Grand Budapest Hotel. It’s a relationship that goes back to Bottle Rocket and the two seem to make an excellent team. Yeoman does most of the work behind the camera. They chose to shoot the movie on 35mm film, which is not surprising. Summary. We see the hotel lit up at night. A title card reads “Madame C.V.D.u.T.” Zero carries newspapers through a square, and his eyes widen as he reads a headline. He runs to the funicular and rides it up the mountain and into the hotel. He goes to a hotel room where Gustave is in the middle of an affair with a guest, and knocks. Der Film: "Grand Budapest Hotel" ist eine solche Perle und beruft sich auf einen Meister der deutschen Literatur, den von den Nazis seiner jüdischen Herkunft wegen gehassten Stefan Zweig. Etliche von Zweigs Werken erfuhren die große Ehre, in Göbbels Bücherfeuer auf dem Opernplatz in Berlin zu brennen. Description. GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL recounts the adventures of Gustave H, a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars, and Zero Moustafa, the lobby boy who becomes his most trusted friend. The story involves the theft and recovery of a priceless Renaissance painting and the battle for an enormous family fortune -- all The basic plot of The Grand Budapest Hotel goes as follows. The movie starts off with one of the main characters, the Author, recapping his one and only visit to The Grand Budapest Hotel. He meets the mysterious owner of the hotel, his name is Zero. The Author is intrigued behind Zero becoming the owner of the hotel, Zero offers to dine with Written by Stefan Zweig and Wes Anderson.The Grand Budapest Hotel tells of a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars and his friendship with a young employee who becomes his trusted protégé. The story involves the theft and recovery of a priceless Renaissance painting, the battle for an enormous family fortune and the The beginning of the end of the end of the beginning has begun. A sad finale played off-key on a broken-down saloon piano in the outskirts of a forgotten ghost town. I'd rather not bear witness to such blasphemy. The Grand Budapest has become a troops' barracks. I shall never cross its threshold again in my lifetime. Ralph Fiennes (far right) comforts Tilda Swinton (in red hat) on the set of The Grand Budapest Hotel. The movie won four Oscars last night, including one for Best Achievement in Production Design. THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL recounts the adventures of legendary concierge Gustave H. and Zero Moustafa, the lobby boy who becomes his most trusted friend. The story involves the theft of a priceless painting; a raging battle for an enormous family fortune; and a desperate chase on motorcycles, trains, sleds, and skis - all against the back-drop M. Gustave is the lead character in the Wes Anderson film The Grand Budapest Hotel. "There are still faint glimmers of civilization left in the barbaric slaughterhouse that was once known as humanity. He was one of them" -Zero Moustafa Profession M. Gustave holds the position of concierge at the Grand Budapest Hotel. He makes sure everyone on staff is doing their duty, and all the guests are 9Zzz.