OSCAR - 1931-32

MELHOR FILME

GRAND HOTEL

Grand Hotel (Grande Hotel) é um clássico filme pós-depressão estado-unidense de 1932, do gênero drama, dirigido por Edmund Goulding.

O roteiro, escrito por Vicki Baum e William A. Drake, é baseado no romance e peça de teatro Menschen im Hotel, da primeira, e na peça de teatro Grand Hotel, de autoria do segundo.

A dançarina Grusinskaya (Greta Garbo) não crê no amor e não tem um rumo em sua vida, mas muda seu pensamento completamente ao conhecer o falido barão Felix von Geigern (John Barrymore). Este, por sua vez, se torna amigo de Otto Kringelein (Lionel Barrymore), um homem que descobriu que está à beira da morte e decide passar seus últimos dias no luxuoso hotel em que está seu patrão, um rico empresário que pretende fechar um grande negócio e que conta com os serviços da taquígrafa Flaemmchen (Joan Crawford).

 

Grand Hotel est un film américain d'Edmund Goulding sorti en 1932.

Plusieurs personnages plus ou moins en rupture avec leur monde se retrouvent par hasard au Grand Hotel de Berlin. Parmi eux, la ballerine Grusinskaya qui soupire encore après ses succès passes et le baron Felix von Gaigern que l'adversité a transforme en voleur. La ballerine s'éprend du voleur.

Grand Hotel devient alors un de ces lieux clos où vont se mêler l'amour et l'ambition, l'amitié et la mort. Edmund Goulding oppose avec beaucoup d'acuité la personnalité de Greta Garbo, à nouveau habillée par Adrian, à la jeune impétuosité de Joan Crawford, la tendresse amère de Lionel Barrymore à l'égoïsme de Wallace Beery, dont la prestation est remarquable. Le film souffre parfois d'une composition et d'un style un peu théâtraux, mais il est difficile de ne pas être séduit par ce somptueux mélodrame, dirigé de main de maître et magnifiquement joué. Plus que jamais, Greta Garbo est ici fidèle à sa légende, incarnant une danseuse qui semble vivre dans un univers second, loin des réalités du monde. C'est dans ce film qu'elle prononce la célèbre réplique : « I want to be alone » (Je veux être seule), nommée la trentième plus célèbre citation du cinéma américain.

 

The 1932 film, set at Berlin's ritzy, opulent art-deco Grand Hotel, tells the multiple-narrative story of the criss-crossing of the lives of five guests, whose fates intertwine for a two-day period at the hotel:

(1) an aging, suicidal, isolated, fragile, and lonely-for-love Russian ballerina named Grusinskaya (Greta Garbo).

(2) the noble, elegant, dashing Baron Felix von Gaigern (John Barrymore), in reality, financially broke and a gentleman jewel thief, who falls in love with the Greta Garbo character

(3) an ambitious, young, sparkingly beautiful, on-the-make stenographer Flaemmchen (Joan Crawford) who wants to be a movie star and live the good life.

(4) the terminally-ill bookkeeper and factory clerk Otto Kringelein (Lionel Barrymore) determined to see how the rich people live in luxury before his death.

(5) General Director Preysing (Wallace Beery), a German-accented, ruthless, disagreeable, cold-hearted, industrial magnate and businessman.

The physician Dr. Otternschlag (Lewis Stone), observes the true nature of the hotel:

What do you do in the Grand Hotel? Eat. Sleep. Loaf around. Flirt a little. Dance a little. A hundred doors leading to one hall, and no one knows anything about the person next to them. And when you leave, someone occupies your room, lies in your bed, and that's the end.

The film is well-known for its memorable scene in the lonely and depressed dancer's hotel room, after she finds the Baron hiding in her room (trapped while on a jewel heist). Not willing to leave, the Baron confesses his love for her, during screen closeups of their profiles. [Garbo also delivered her most famous line of dialogue ever, causing her to be labeled as a reclusive]:

     Baron: You're so beautiful. It tore my heart to see you in despair like that...Please don't cry any more...I'd no idea you were so beautiful. I'd like to take you in my arms, and not let anything happen to you, ever...I've never seen anything in my life as beautiful as you are....

     Grusinskaya (getting up): You must go now.

     Baron: I'm not going. You know I'm not going. Oh, please let me stay.

     Grusinskaya: But I want to be alone.

     Baron: That isn't true. You don't want to be alone. You were in despair just now. I can't leave you now. You, you musn't cry any more. You must forget. Let me stay just for a little while. Ah, please let me stay.

     Grusinskaya: For just a minute, then.

MELHOR ATOR

FREDRIC MARCH, pelo filme JEKYLL & HYDE

WALLACE BEERY, pelo filme THE CHAMP

MELHOR ATRIZ
HELEN HAYES, pelo filme THE SIN OF MADELON CLAUDET

MELHOR DIRETOR

FRANK BORZAGE, pelo filme BAD GIRL