The Grand Budapest Hotel is a 2014 comedy-drama film written and directed by Wes Anderson, featuring an ensemble cast. The film stars Ralph Fiennes as a concierge who teams up with one of his employees to prove his innocence after he is framed for murder. Anderson's American Empirical Pictures produced the film in association with Studio Babelsberg, Fox Searchlight Pictures, and Indian Paintbrush's Scott Rudin and Steven Rales. Fox Searchlight supervised the commercial distribution, and The Grand Budapest Hotel's funding was sourced through Indian Paintbrush and German government-funded tax rebates.