<P> The Grand Budapest Hotel is a 2014 comedy film written and directed by Wes Anderson, from a story by Anderson and Hugo Guinness, inspired by the writings of Stefan Zweig . Featuring an ensemble cast, it stars Ralph Fiennes as a concierge who teams up with one of his employees to prove his innocence after he is framed for murder . </P> <P> The film is an American - German - British co-production that was financed by German financial companies and film - funding organizations and filmed in Germany . The Grand Budapest Hotel was released to widespread acclaim from film critics, and many included it in their year - end top - 10 lists . The film led the BAFTA nominations, with its 11 nominations including Best Film and Best Director for Anderson, and Best Actor for Fiennes . The film won the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture--Musical or Comedy and garnered three more Golden Globe Award nominations, including Best Director for Anderson . It also garnered nine Academy Award nominations, joining Birdman for the most nominations and wins for the ceremony . It won the Academy Awards for Best Costume Design, Best Makeup and Hairstyling, Best Production Design and Best Original Score . In a 2016 BBC poll, critics voted the film the 21st greatest since 2000 . </P> <P> In the present day, a teenage girl approaches a statue in a courtyard . In her arms is a memoir by "The Author ." She begins reading about a trip he made to the Grand Budapest Hotel in the late 1960s . He discovered that the nearly deserted hotel, located in the Republic of Zubrowka, a nation ravaged by war and poverty, had fallen on hard times and become dilapidated . The Author meets Zero Moustafa, the hotel's owner, who tells him over dinner the tale of how he took ownership of the Grand Budapest and why he is unwilling to close it down . </P> <P> Moustafa's story begins in 1932 during the final years of the hotel's glory days . Zubrowka is on the verge of war but this is of little concern to M. Gustave, the Grand Budapest's devoted concierge . When he is not attending to the needs of the hotel's wealthy clientele, managing its staff or training the new lobby boy, Zero (a younger Moustafa), Gustave courts a series of aging, blonde women who all flock to the hotel to enjoy his "exceptional service ." One of these, Madame D, spends the night with Gustave prior to her departure . </P>

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