Danube Hotel
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{{Infobox film
| image = Danube Hotel poster.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| native_name = {{Infobox name module|es|Hotel Danubio|nolink=yes}}
| director = Antonio Giménez-Rico
| writer = Antonio Giménez-Rico
| based_on = {{Based on|The Red Fish|Carlos Blanco}}
| producer = José Luis Garci
| starring = {{ubl|Santiago Ramos|Carmen Morales|Mariola Fuentes|Iñaki Miramón|Juan Jesús Valverde|José Sazatornil "Saza"}}
| cinematography = Raúl P. Cubero
| music = Pablo Cervantes
| editing = Miguel G. Sinde
| country = Spain
| language = Spanish
| distributor = Columbia TriStar Films de España
| released = {{Film date|2003|05|02|Málaga|2003|09|26|Spain|df=yes}}
| studio = {{ubl|Nickel Odeon Dos|Enrique Cerezo PC|PC 29}}
}}
Danube Hotel ({{langx|es|Hotel Danubio|links=no}}) is a 2003 Spanish neo-noir thriller drama film written and directed by Antonio Giménez-Rico consisting of a remake of the 1955 film The Red Fish which stars Santiago Ramos and Carmen Morales.
Plot
Cast
{{Cast listing|
- Santiago Ramos as Hugo{{Cite web|url=https://www.elmundo.es/especiales/2004/01/cultura/goya/peli_hoteldanubio.html|website=elmundo.es|date=January 2004|title=Hotel Danubio|access-date=20 September 2023}}
- {{ill|Carmen Morales de las Heras|es|lt=Carmen Morales}} as Ivón
- Mariola Fuentes
- {{ill|Iñaki Miramón|es}}
- {{ill|Juan Jesús Valverde|es}}
- José Sazatornil "Saza"
- María Asquerino
- {{ill|Fedra Lorente|es}}
- {{ill|José Caride|es}}
- Antonio Gamero
}}
Production
The film is a remake of the 1955 film The Red Fish, directed by José Antonio Nieves Conde and written by Carlos Blanco.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lavozdegalicia.es/noticia/television/2003/05/02/gimenez-rico-presenta-malaga-hotel-danubio-rodada-galicia/0003_1648848.htm|website=La Voz de Galicia|publisher=Grupo Vocento|date=2 May 2003|author=Boquerini|title=Giménez-Rico presenta en Málaga "Hotel Danubio", rodada en Galicia}} It is a Nickel Odeon Dos, Enrique Cerezo PC and PC 29 production, with the participation of TVE and {{ill|Vía Digital|es}}.{{Cite web|website=ScreenDaily|first=Jennifer|last=Green|title=Spain's Grupo PI adds two to its international slate|date=23 April 2003|url=https://www.screendaily.com/spains-grupo-pi-adds-two-to-its-international-slate/4013041.article}} Shooting locations included Santiago de Compostela.{{Cite web|url=https://www.elespanol.com/quincemil/articulos/actualidad/santiago-de-compostela-en-la-gran-pantalla-la-capital-gallega-en-10-grandes-peliculas|website=Quincemil|via=El Español|first=Carlos|last=Rey|date=3 March 2021|title=Santiago de Compostela en la gran pantalla: la capital gallega en 10 grandes películas}}
Release
The film was presented at the Málaga Film Festival in May 2003.{{Cite web|url=https://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2003/05/03/cine/1051942786.html|website=El Mundo|date=3 May 2003|title=El Festival de Málaga rinde homenaje a Gutiérrez Aragón
}} Distributed by Columbia TriStar Spain, it was released theatrically in Spain on 26 September 2003, grossing €0.328 million (78,862 admissions).{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1wJ8Hoa5FDEC&pg=PA243|page=243|title=La Pantalla Popular. El cine español durante el Gobierno de la derecha (1996-2003)|first=José María|last=Caparrós Lera|year=2005|location=Tres Cantos|publisher=Ediciones Akal|isbn=84-460-2414-4}}
Reception
=Critical response =
Jonathan Holland of Variety deemed Hotel Danubio to be an "accomplished exercise in style that harks wistfully back to '40s Hollywood" as well as an "enjoyably mannered, craftily plotted and beautifully produced pic".{{Cite web|website=Variety|date=5 June 2023|title=Hotel Danubio|first=Jonathan|last=Holland|url=https://variety.com/2003/film/reviews/hotel-danubio-1200541229/}}
=Accolades =
{{Awards table|5}}
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| rowspan = "3" align = "center" | 2004 || rowspan = "3" | 18th Goya Awards || Best Costume Design || Montse Sancho, Lourdes de Orduña || {{nom}} || rowspan = "3" | {{Cite web|access-date=20 September 2023|url=https://www.premiosgoya.com/pelicula/hotel-danubio/|title=Hotel Danubio|website=premiosgoya.com|publisher=Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España}}
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| Best Makeup and Hairstyles || Cristóbal Criado, Alicia López || {{nom}}
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| Best Original Score || Pablo Cervantes || {{nom}}
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