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'Savoy Hotel 217' (German: 'Savoy-Hotel 217') is a 1936 German drama film directed by Gustav Ucicky and starring Hans Albers, Brigitte Horney and Alexander Engel.Bock & Bergfelder p.217

The film's sets were designed by the art directors Robert Herlth and Walter Rhrig. The costumes were by Herbert Ploberger.

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Writing for 'The Spectator' in 1936, Graham Greene gave the film a positive review, characterizing it as an "agreeably [...] slow, good-humoured murder-story". Praising Engel's acting as particularly vivid, Greene summarized the film, claiming: "melodramatic passions are given a pleasantly realistic setting by a very competent director and a first-class cameraman". (reprinted in: )

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* Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. 'The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema'. Berghahn Books, 2009.


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