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  • Hotel Meina (2007)
  • 115 min | Drama, History
Hotel Meina (2007)
115 min | Drama, History

How will the Germans react to the armistice of the 8th of September 1943, due to which Italy betrays them and sides with the allied forces? This is the distressing questions that a group of 16 Italian - Greek Jews evacuated at The Meina ...See moreHow will the Germans react to the armistice of the 8th of September 1943, due to which Italy betrays them and sides with the allied forces? This is the distressing questions that a group of 16 Italian - Greek Jews evacuated at The Meina Hotel ask themselves. Hotel Meina, named after the town of Meina at Lake Maggiore, run by the Benars, a family of Turkish Jews. The grown-ups' questions are toned down by the light-heartiness of the two youngsters, Noa and Julien who are in love and full of hope in their future. The uncertainty is broken by the arrival of an SS detachment conducted by Krassler. The sixteen Jews are kept in isolation in the hotel and the never ending wait begins full of uncertainties, despair, fear and hope. Noa and Julien's love is countered by the attraction that pushes the enigmatic Krassler, uncontrollable in his Nazi faith, towards Cora, a fascinating German who is passing through, and seemingly naive and superficial. Krassler, a man both weak and inhumane, tries to pursue her relentlessly ignoring that she is in Italy to secretly help a victim of political persecution to flee the country unharmed and to find refuge in Switzerland, where the woman lives with a double-dealing man who works for the German Embassy and is also in contact with the underground anti- Nazi movement. While Noa and Julien live their very last days of love, Krassler and Cora stage a very dangerous act. Cora, having successfully carried out her mission in Switzerland, decides to go back to The Meina Hotel to help the Jews, but her escape plan is thwarted by a telegram coming from Milan: Krassler has to immediately eliminate the prisoners. Cora is able to get Noa to escape while Julien will follow the same destiny as the other Jews imprisoned: to be shot and thrown in the lake. This is the first Italian Nazi massacre of Jews. Noa's scream of pain, while she is sailing towards the Swiss shore, as she comes across the bodies of her friends that are floating on the surface, alternates with Cora's outburst against Krassler. The woman has trapped him in a greenhouse and shouts the truth at him: Germany will become a better country rising from the ashes of Nazism. Written by Anonymous See less
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Marco Nozza (novel) | Pasquale Squitieri (screenplay) | Dino Gentili (screenplay) | Filippo Gentili (screenplay) | Carlo Lizzani (screenplay collaboration)
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Sep 2, 2007 (Italy)

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37 cast members
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Majlinda Agaj
Irma Moneri Irma Moneri   See fewer
Eugenio Allegri
Vittorio Pomas Vittorio Pomas   See fewer
Marta Bifano
Camy Benar Camy Benar   See fewer
Veronica Bruni
Sig.ra Ariana Sig.ra Ariana   See fewer
Ursula Buschhorn
Cora Bern Cora Bern   See fewer
Silvia Cohen
Liliana Fendez Liliana Fendez   See fewer
Diana Collepiccolo
Ester Moneri Ester Moneri   See fewer
Simone Colombari
Pierre Fendez Pierre Fendez   See fewer
Federico Costantini
Julien Fendez Julien Fendez   See fewer
Elia Donghi
Robert Fendez Robert Fendez   See fewer
Fiamma Ferzetti
Bianca Fendez Bianca Fendez   See fewer
Marco Fubini
Marcus Marcus   See fewer
Fabio Ghidoni
Giacomo Fidani Giacomo Fidani   See fewer
Ivana Lotito
Noa Benar Noa Benar   See fewer
Ernesto Mahieux
Filippetti Filippetti   See fewer
Fabio Marchese
Marcel Benar Marcel Benar   See fewer
Melisse Cantatore Masi
Chiara Sabatini (as Melissa Cantatore) Chiara Sabatini (as Melissa Cantatore)   See fewer
Francesco Meoni
Aldo Pizzi Aldo Pizzi   See fewer
Gordana Miletic
Grandmother Someco Grandmother Someco   See fewer
Marco Morellini
Raoul Tomes Raoul Tomes   See fewer
Rossana Mortara
Jewish Wife (as Rossana Mortata) Jewish Wife (as Rossana Mortata)   See fewer
Ferdinando Murolo
Dino Fendez (as Nando Murolo) Dino Fendez (as Nando Murolo)   See fewer
Danilo Nigrelli
Giorgio Benar Giorgio Benar   See fewer
Federico Pacifici
Alberto Moneri Alberto Moneri   See fewer
Ralph Palka
Otto Spitz Otto Spitz   See fewer
Lavinia Pozzi
Lisa Manulli Lisa Manulli   See fewer
Andrea Redavid
Vito Coni Vito Coni   See fewer
Benjamin Sadler
Hans Krassler Hans Krassler   See fewer
Almerica Schiavo
Valerie Tomes Valerie Tomes   See fewer
Nuccio Siano
Maurizio Scimena Maurizio Scimena   See fewer
Simone Spinazze
Jewish Husband Jewish Husband   See fewer
Maurizio Tabani
Virginio Jamac Virginio Jamac   See fewer
Thierry Toscan
Federic Federic   See fewer
Adriano Wajskol
Daniele Modi Daniele Modi   See fewer
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