Small Hotel
1939, Italian. Directed by Piero Ballerini.
Piccolo Hotel (aka Small Hotel) uses the titular establishment to weave together a vast tapestry of subplots, a la Grand Hotel. The guests include a domineering mother (Lola Braccini), her petulant daughter (Bianca Doria) and the daughter's gigolo boyfriend (Guido Notari). Also on hand is a worldly vamp (Laura Nucci) who also falls for the boyfriend, and the chronic-gambler son (Andrea Checchi) of the hotel's self-sacrificing landlady (Emma Grammatica). Though the film is set in Budapest, the characters are more Mediterranean than mittel-European. Piccolo Hotel was one of the entries in the Vienna Biennial Film Festival.
- Runtime
- 1h 25m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Italian
- Rated
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Cast & crew
- Piero BalleriniDirector
- Andrea ChecchiAndrea Toth
- Emma GramaticaMartha Toth
- Laura NucciAurora Borg
- Mino DoroGregory Bauer
- Bianca DoriaAnna Fargas
- Lola BracciniRosa Fargas
- Giovanni Grassodottor Kralik
- Luisella BeghiMaria Kallmann
- Silvio BagoliniStefan Bartha
- Velia Cruicchi GalvaniYvonne Guilbert
- Guido NotariPaolo Holber
- Corrado De CenzoVladimiro Skenak
Details
- Released
- 10 January 1939
- Original title
- Piccolo hotel
- Country
- Italy
- Written by
- Piero Ballerini
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Small Hotel runs 85 minutes (1h 25m).
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Small Hotel isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 10 January 1939. (Checked 8 November 2026.)
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Who directed Small Hotel?
Small Hotel (1939) was directed by Piero Ballerini and stars Andrea Checchi, Emma Gramatica, Laura Nucci.