Synopse
Part one of a major two-parter about the fight for survival of a hotel dynasty between the wars. Heir to a luxury hotel, son of a wealthy family – the young Emil Dreesen appears to be facing a glittering future. Instead, he returns traumatized from the First World War and faces the greatest challenge of his life. The hotel has been requisitioned by the French Army and everyday life is a matter of economic hardship and radical politics: a mirror of the social chaos of Germany in the 1920s and 30s, a dangerous time to be alive.
Regie
THORSTEN M. SCHMIDT (*1969) studied at the Ludwigsburg Film Academy. His graduation film Rochade received the Student Oscar in 1998. He was last seen at FILMFEST HAMBURG in 2018 with Scheidung für Anfänger.
Info
Original Title: Das Weiße Haus am Rhein
International Title: Hotel Europa
Category: Feature
Section: Televisionen
Version & Subtitles: German OV
Director: Thorsten M. Schmidt
Cast/Protagonists: Jonathan Berlin, Benjamin Sadler, Katharina Schüttler, Pauline Rénevier, Nicole Heesters, Henriette Confurius, Jesse Albert, Jean-Yves Berteloot, David Berton, Paul Faßnacht, Peter Nottmeier, Hendrik Heutmann, Werner Wölbern, Ian Dickinson, Farba Dieng, Edda Lina Janz
Production country: Germany
Year of Production: 2021
Length: 90 min
Producer: Michael Souvignier, Till Derenbach, Daniel Mann
Production company: Zeitsprung Pictures GmbH für ARD Degeto
Sound: Tarn Willers, Jochen Fenzl, Michael Gerlach
co-production company: ARD Degeto
World Sales: Beta Film GmbH
