Director
Wes Anderson
Leading Actors/Actresses
Ralph Fiennes, Tony Revolori
Supporting Actors/Actresses
Jude Law, Adrien Brody, Willem Dafoe, Jeff Goldblum, Tilda Swinton, Edward Norton
Genre
Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Language
English
Awards
Won 4 Academy Awards: Best Achievement in Production Design, Best Achievement in Costume Design, Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures-Original Score, Best Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling
Date of Release
2014
Producer
Wes Anderson, Jeremy Dawson, Steven Rales, Scott Rudin
Setting and Context
Republic of Zubrowka 1932 and 1985
Narrator and Point of View
Narrator is the Author and point of view is that of Zero
Tone and Mood
Comedic, suspenseful, melancholic
Protagonist and Antagonist
Protagonists are Gustave and Zero. Antagonists are Dmitri and Jopling
Major Conflict
Madame D. is murdered, Gustave is left a priceless painting and Dmitri, Madame D.'s son, has Gustave arrested for his mother's murder.
Climax
Gustave is cleared of all charges and Madame D.'s fortune is left to him. He is killed on a train by soldiers and his fortune goes to his sole heir, Zero.
Foreshadowing
Gustave appears to be a opportunist with rich women about to die. This foreshadows the death of the countess.
Understatement
Innovations in Filming or Lighting or Camera Techniques
Allusions
Allusions to romantic poetry throughout
Paradox
Gustave and Zero spray themselves with cologne after Gustave escapes from prison because they stink. Paradoxically, the scent of the cologne gives them away to Henckels, the officer chasing after them.
Parallelism
The train stopping at the barley field at the end of the film where Gustave loses his life parallels the scene earlier in the film where Zero and Gustave are stopped on the train in the same field.
