accord to dr. otternschlag while people come and people go . nothing ever happen . the good old doctor couldn not be more wrong . lot of thing be happen in grand hotel when several different person with different motivation check into the hotel . the movie follow several different character in the movie who all in a way get connect to each other . all of the character be in the hotel for different reason . it make the character very powerful and interesting to follow . the movie might not be a old fashion a it might seem at first sight . the movie might be make in 1932 but the story and it character sure do not feel old fashion and the movie doesn not fall into some typical genre clichés . the movie be unique in many way and which make this movie a very enjoyable one to watch and even for those who normally do not watch early cinematic picture . the movie have a wonderful cast . john barrymore be good and convincing a the thief with a good heart and baron felix von geigern . greta garbo shine a always and so do joan crawford and whose performance be perhaps a bit underrated . lionel barrymore go over the top at time but at least i could stand him this time . i normally can not stand him in movie but i must admit that he entertain and perhaps somewhat surprised me this time . yes and so it really the cast and diversity of character that make this movie a greatly interest one to follow . at moment there be nothing much happening on screen but due to it character the movie still remain interesting throughout it entire running time . you just never know what go to happen next in the grand hotel . it interest to note that the movie win an acedemy award for best movie but it wasn not even nominate in any other different category . a surprising and entertaining movie that be great thanks to it character and storytelling and which make this movie a very good and interest one to watch . positive .