Hotel for Strangers (1967)

6.2/10 103 min Comedy Drama

Overview

A gifted poet checks into a Gothic hotel in hopes of meeting the woman with whom he has long been enamored. He is surrounded by a variety of offbeat characters like the hefty homosexual cook, shadowy clerks, snooty waiters, and valets prone to violence. He finally meets the woman of his dreams only to lose her and ultimately meet with tragedy.

Cast

Petr Čepek

Petr Hudec

Táňa Fischerová

Veronika

Vladimír Šmeral

Blech

Evald Schorm

Curate

Josef Somr

Receptionist

Jiří Hrzán

Kája

Jiří Pleskot

Hotel trustee

Jiřina Jirásková

Marie

Ladislav Mrkvička

Vladimír

Jiří Kodet

Jiří

Jiří Menzel

Pot-boy

Jan Libíček

Hynek

Waldemar Matuška

Otomar

Evald Schorm

Evelyna Steimarová

Ruzena (as Evelyna Juhanová)

Václav Kotva

František Husák

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