Grand Hotel Excelsior
| Grand Hotel Excelsior | |
|---|---|
 Italian theatrical release poster by Renato Casaro | |
| Directed by | Castellano & Pipolo |
| Written by | Castellano & Pipolo |
| Produced by | Mario Cecchi Gori Vittorio Cecchi Gori |
| Starring | Enrico Montesano Carlo Verdone Diego Abatantuono Adriano Celentano |
| Cinematography | Danilo Desideri |
| Edited by | Antonio Siciliano |
| Music by | Armando Trovajoli |
Production company | Intercapital[1] |
| Distributed by | Cinema International Corporation[1] |
Release date |
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Running time | 114 min |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
Grand Hotel Excelsior is a 1982 Italian comedy film directed by Castellano & Pipolo.[2] The film was a commercial success, being the best grossing film in the season 1982/83 at the Italian box office.[3]
Plot
Four funny characters are working in a luxurious Grand Hotel. Mr. Thaddeus is the hotel manager, lover of beautiful music and womanizer; Egisto Costanzi is a waiter who has lost his wife and who is in search of the ideal woman; Segrate is the magician illusionist entertainer evenings at Hotel. He is a vainglorious and bungler man, who never has managed to levitate. Finally in the hotel there is a bungler boxer: Pericles, who organizes the end of the story a great evening concert, where they play all four star protagonists of the film.
Cast
- Adriano Celentano: Taddeus
- Enrico Montesano: Egisto Costanzi
- Carlo Verdone: Pericle Coccia
- Diego Abatantuono: Nicolino, Il mago di Segrate
- Eleonora Giorgi: Ilde Vivaldi
- Aldina Martano: Ginevra
- Tiberio Murgia: imbianchino
- Franco Diogene: ingegner Binotti
- Armando Brancia: Bertolazzi
- Enzo Andronico: Manager of Bulldozer
See also
References
- ^ a b "Grand Hotel Excelsior (1982)". Archivio del Cinema Italiano. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
- ^ Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 2000. ISBN 8877424230.
- ^ Franco Montini (1997). I grandi del cinema: Carlo Verdone. Gremese Editore, 1997. ISBN 8877420669.