The rise and fall of a peasant boy from the Swiss mountains who revolutionizes the world’s hotel business: Cesar Ritz is the notorious dishwasher who becomes emperor of the most famous hotel of the world with amazing speed and grace, only to collapse when his most ambitious goal, the coronation buffet for King Edward VI, cannot take place. This is the first and only filmed biography about Cesar Ritz, inventor of modern hotel business.

Original title: Ritz
Director: Frank Garbely
Production: RFilm & Aïe Productions
Producer: Adrian Zschokke
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