The film features solid performances of several famous German (and Austrian, in the case of Nadja Tiller) actors and actresses. Of course, it is somewhat dated in its plot development and some of the actors deliver their lines theater-like (a problem that can often be seen in German movies).
Still, the characters are interesting and even the Third Reich is not being swept under the carpet as so many German films of these days preferred to do.
The hotel itself was once considered the most modern one in Europe (bathtubs were filled with water so fast, that they had warning signs for guests not to move away from the bathroom). One of the later family members, Percy Adlon, became a famous German movie director and he also made an interesting documentary about the hotel, but for the cineasts, even this old-fashioned movie is worth watching.
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