Savoy-Hotel 217

A group of guests checks into a luxurious hotel with a dark secret. Strange occurrences and unsettling events plague their stay as they uncover the hotel's haunted past. A young woman, haunted by a past tragedy, finds herself at the center of the mystery. The guests must confront the spectral forces within the hotel before they become its next victims.

This early Soviet horror film is notable for its atmospheric tension and suspenseful narrative, though its pacing and some of its plot elements have been noted as dated by modern standards. It was appreciated for its attempts at psychological horror within the Soviet cinematic landscape of the time.

• Praised for its atmospheric and unsettling mood.

• Acknowledged as an interesting early example of Soviet horror.

• Some critics found the plot occasionally convoluted.

Google audience: Audience reception is not widely documented for this film.

The film is based on the novel 'The House with the Seven Gables' by Nathaniel Hawthorne, though it takes significant liberties with the source material and shifts the setting to a Soviet context.