Hotel Imperial
“Pola loving, hating, fighting, running the gamut of every conceivable human emotion. Never has she given such full play to her genius.”
Mauritz StillerCast
Pola Negri James Hall 
George Siegmann
Credits
Written by: Lajos Biró
Plot
During the First World War, a chambermaid hides a wounded Austrian officer in a hotel occupied by enemy soldiers. Begun by Stiller and completed by Lewis Milestone.
Sinekatalog’s take
Mauritz Stiller's wartime silent drama has a chambermaid hide a wounded Austrian officer in an occupied hotel, with Pola Negri. Begun by Stiller and finished by Lewis Milestone, it is a tense, atmospheric and sensuous silent thriller.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 6.7 / 10 (305 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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