With Wes Anderson shooting his latest film, The Grand Budapest Hotel, on location in Germany, we’ve been predicting it will return to the country to open the 64th Berlin International Film Festival and after a March 2014 release date was revealed by Fox Searchlight, it was all but confirmed. Well, that confirmation has now landed as a world premiere has been set for February 6th, 2014 at Berlin.

Festival director Dieter Kosslick says, “We are very delighted that Wes Anderson will open the 64th Berlinale with his new film, The Grand Budapest Hotel. With unmistakeable Wes Anderson charm, this comedy promises to kick things off in a big way. He adds, “With its elaborate production design and fantastic cast line-up, The Grand Budapest Hotel bears the inimitable mark of American director Wes Anderson.” This will mark a return for Anderson to Berlin, after showing both The Royal Tenenbaums and The Life Aquatic there.

Starring Ralph Fiennes, Tony Revolori, F. Murray Abraham, Mathieu Amalric, Adrien Brody, Willem Dafoe, Jeff Goldblum, Harvey Keitel, Jude Law, Bill Murray, Edward Norton, Saoirse Ronan, Jason Schwartzman, Tilda Swinton, Léa Seydoux, Tom Wilkinson and Owen Wilson, The Grand Budapest Hotel will officially open on March 7th, 2014 in the United States. Check out the trailer below if you missed it.

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