Location Flashback: The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)

In this scene, Deputy Kovacs (Jeff Goldblum) weaves his way through the Kunst Museum in an effort to elude J.G. Jopling (Willem Dafoe), a henchman, and also the man who killed his cat – sent by Madame D’s (Tilda Swinton) evil son and heir, Dmitri (Adrian Brody).

The Grand Budapest Hotel premiered in competition at the 64th Berlin International Film Festival The French theatrical release was on February 26, followed by releases in Germany, North America, and the United Kingdom on March 6–7. The film earned $173 million in box office revenue worldwide, the highest-grossing Wes Anderson feature to date. The film was nominated for nine awards at the 87th Academy Awards including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Cinematography, and Best Film Editing; and won Best Original Score, Best Production Design, Best Makeup and Hairstyling, and Best Costume Design.
The Grand Budapest Hotel was a candidate for other awards for excellence in writing, acting, directing, and technical achievement. It received nominations such as the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture and the César Award for Best Foreign Film. The film’s other wins include three Critics’ Choice Movie Awards, five British Academy Film Awards, and a Golden Globe in the category of Best Motion Picture—Musical or Comedy.

The Grand Masters Picture Gallery, in Dresden, Germany displays about 750 paintings from the 15th to the 18th Century. The collection includes major Italian Renaissance works, along with Dutch and Flemish paintings. Also included are works by German, French and Spanish painters.