Hotel Alcohol (2026): Cast, Story and Release Details

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Hotel Alcohol follows Bako, Medea, and Drago, three psychiatric hospital patients who form a group during an unusual set of Olympic Games. After losing the competition, they leave the hospital together and set out toward the sea in this Slovenian drama directed by Jan Cvitkovič.

Hotel Alcohol is a 2026 drama directed and written by Jan Cvitkovič. Set around a psychiatric hospital’s unusual Olympic Games, the film centers on three protagonists who form a group called Hotel Alcohol.

After the competition ends in defeat, Bako, Medea, and Drago leave the hospital and travel toward the sea. The film is a Slovenia, Croatia, and Germany co-production, with Slovenian as its spoken language.

Hotel Alcohol movie details

Story without spoilers

At a psychiatric hospital, the chief doctor organizes a competition presented as the “Olympic Games.” Bako, Medea, and Drago come together as the group Hotel Alcohol during the event. When they lose, the three leave the hospital and begin making their way toward the sea. The supplied synopsis establishes this departure as the film’s central transition without revealing what awaits them afterward.

What to expect

Hotel Alcohol is identified as a drama built around an unusual institutional setting, a trio of central characters, and a journey that begins after a shared defeat. Its story moves from the psychiatric hospital to the road toward the sea, giving the film a clear change of setting while keeping Bako, Medea, and Drago at its center.

Cast and creative team

Gregor Baković plays Bako, with Medea Novak as Medea and Drago Milinovič as Drago. The cast also includes Ivo Barišič as the chief doctor, Irena Kovačević as Dr. Rupnik, Mojca Fatur as pharmacist Marjana, Timon Šturbej as Bakoto’s son Robi, Gil Cvetko as Robi’s son, Ivo Ban as Medea’s father, and Primož Pirnat as the driver. Jan Cvitkovič wrote and directed the film.

• Gregor Baković as Bako
• Medea Novak as Medea
• Drago Milinovič as Drago
• Ivo Barišič as primarij
• Irena Kovačević as dr. Rupnik
• Mojca Fatur as lekarnarica Marjana
• Timon Šturbej as Bakotov sin Robi
• Gil Cvetko as Robijev sin
• Ivo Ban as Medein oče
• Primož Pirnat as voznik

Release and production context

Hotel Alcohol is listed as a 2026 release with a release date of October 29, 2026. It has a runtime of 1 hour and 45 minutes. The film is associated with Slovenia, Croatia, and Germany, and its spoken language is Slovenian. Production companies are Staragara, Independent Partners Film, Propeler Film, and Solsticij. Its listed status is Released.

Production companies: Staragara, Independent Partners Film, Propeler Film, Solsticij

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With its psychiatric hospital setting, unconventional competition, and onward movement toward the sea, Hotel Alcohol presents a compact dramatic premise focused on three people brought together by circumstance. The available details position it as a character-led Slovenian-language film with an international production background.

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