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- Title
Looking for Mister Gustave.
- Authors
DANIELSON, ELENA S.
- Abstract
The article discusses the film "The Grand Budapest Hotel" directed by Wes Anderson, focusing on the inspiration for the character Monsieur Gustave H., played by actor Ralph Fiennes. Other topics include the influence of Austrian author Stefan Zweig on the film, the popularity of grand hotels and hotel con men in interwar literature, and the possible influence of author Thomas Mann on the character of Gustave.
- Subjects
GRAND Budapest Hotel, The (Film); ANDERSON, Wes, 1969-; FIENNES, Ralph, 1962-; ZWEIG, Stefan, 1881-1942; SWINDLERS &; swindling in literature; HOTELS in literature; INTERWAR Period (1918-1939); MANN, Thomas, 1875-1955
- Publication
American Scholar, 2015, Vol 84, Issue 2, p103
- ISSN
0003-0937
- Publication type
Film/Television Criticism