Hotel Adlon (film)
Hotel Adlon is a 1955 West German drama film filmed in German and directed by Josef von Báky, starring Sebastian Fischer, Nelly Borgeaud and René Deltgen. It was shot at the Spandau Studios with film's sets designed by the art director Rolf Zehetbauer. Portrayal. The film portrays life at the luxurious Berlin Hotel Adlon from 1907 to 1945. It was inspired by the 1955 autobiography, "Hotel Adlon. Das Berliner Hotel, in dem die große Welt zu Gast war", published in English in 1960 as "Hotel Adlon: The Life and Death of a Great Hotel" by Hedda  Adlon (1889–1967) (née Hedwig Leythen), daughter-in-law of Lorenz Adlon and Louis Adlon's father's second wife. Other Portrayals. Film director Percy Adlon, great-grandson of Lorenz Adlon made a documentary about the hotel called "The Glamorous World of the Adlon Hotel" in 1996. A three-part drama mini-series set at the hotel entitled "" ("The Adlon: A Family Saga") was broadcast on the German television station ZDF in January 2013 and a documentary "Das Adlon – Die Dokumentation" ("The Adlon: A Documentary") was also broadcast by ZDF in January 2013.