Gustave with his Disciples. Gustave is the beating heart behind the Hotel’s success drawing in the wealthy socialites. These socialites are mainly old blondes which foreshadows what Gustave becomes before his death. The entire place revolves around his work whether and bringing in his particular brand of guest (the rich old blonde patrons).
For Grand Budapest Hotel, which was shot largely on location in Görlitz, Germany, where the filmmaker discovered a vacant, 1912 department store with a huge atrium that became the lobby of the uM92g.