The thing I love most about these photos of 'The Real Life Grand Budapest Hotel' is that they're not wasted on people that haven't coughed up the clams (Money, sorry. I was looking up 1920s lingo for a feature at work, you can see that it kind of stuck) to see the movie, they're incredible in their own right; and especially incredible for those with a penchant for abandoned spaces and eerie tales. But admittedly, a little GB context is lovely to hold too.
(Photo: Mathias Wasik)
A dilapidated and ageing den where the German Democratic Republic once played skewed propaganda through the halls like GB's Agatha churned out sweet treats, this hidden Brandenburg building holds so much history yet so little activity. From an educational facility for the Socialist Unity Party of Germany to a Goebbels getaway where the renowned officer filled 30 private rooms with love affairs and propaganda toting cinema screens, this Bogensee property is so pretty for so haunted a past. And I absolutely ruddy love it, courtesy of Atlas Obscura's most recent blog. I'll let the rest of these pictures do the talking, but just imagine walking through so vast, beautiful and so empty a building as this. Zero Moustafa by your key swingin' side of course.
(Photo: Mathias Wasik)
(Photo: Mathias Wasik)
(Photo: Mathias Wasik)
(Photo: Mathias Wasik)
Anyone still on a Grand Budapest hype after all of that eye candy will also love this article from the National Geographic as they mark a collection of venues that mimic the real Grand Budapest Hotel and many parts of the story's adaptation. Looks like our ol' Wes is a just as cut and craft a director as I had hoped.
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