With an all-male lead cast, themes of heroism, pride, military radition, hierarchy, and power are masterfully interwoven into a plot that is ambiguous enough to allow for various viewpoints and perspectives.Jean: Hmm.Fancy clothes, fancy language and everything.Terry: Unfortunately, I learned to speak English correctly.Jean: That won""t be of much use to you here - we all speak pig Latin.Terry: And I use the right knife and fork.I hope you don""t mind.Jean: All you need""s the knife.Downstairs in the parlor, the young actresses spend more time denouncing the new resident:Judy: Did you get a load of that hat? I expected a rabbit to jump out any minute.A West German feature film titledMenschen im Hotel (1959)was also directed by Gottfried Reinhardt.Later, it was adapted into two Broadway stage musicals:At the Grand(1958), set in 1950s Rome; the Broadway-bound play was a brief hit in some major cities, but never reached New York and Broadway; it featured musical diva Joan Deiner as the ballerina, and aging actor Paul Muni (in a modified Lionel Barrymore role)Grand Hotel: The Musical,opening in mid-November of 1989; it ran for over 1,000 performances on Broadway and won five Tony Awards (from 12 nominations); set in Berlin in 1928, it starred Liliane Montevecchi (in the Greta Garbo role) (later played by Cyd Charisse), and David Carroll (in the John Barrymore role) (later played by John Schneider)Plot SynopsisDuring the opening credits, each of the main performers received a separate screen, identifying their cast names:GRETA GARBO as GRUSINSKAYA.She asked: "Why don""t you come in and we""ll talk about it" - but he declined by peering at her in her office from afar and telling her: "Get some rest, Pam.Khan claimed he had committed errorist acts (the blowing up of the Archive in London) on the assumption that his crew had been killed:Marcus took my crew from me.