Dmitri Desgoffe-und-Taxis

Dmitri Desgoffe-und-Taxis, often simply called Dmitri, is the main antagonist of Wes Anderson's 2014 film, The Grand Budapest Hotel. He is the greedy son of a widowed noblewoman of the Eastern European Republic of Zubrowkia, and seeks to buy off or kill anyone between him and his mother's fortune.

He is portrayed by Adrien Brody.

Plot
Dmitri is first seen in 1932 at the reading of the will of his late mother, Countess Celine Villenueve Desgoffe-und-Taxis (or "Madame D." for short), accompanied by his assistant and enforcer, J.G. Jopling. He learns that while he and his three sisters will inherit the bulk of his mother's fortune, her most valuable possession, a painting titled "Boy With Apple," will be left to her friend and lover, a hotel concierge named Gustave H. A pre-existing enmity seems to exist between Dmitri and Gustave, who insults the latter's sexuality on several occasions. Correctly deducing that Dmitri will not let any part of his mother's fortune escape him, Gustave and his protege, the lobby boy Zero Moustafa, steal the painting later that night, accompanied by Madame D.'s butler Serge and maid Clotilde. When the medical examiner reports that Madame D. had in fact been murdered by poison, Dmitri and Jopling threaten Serge's life until he accuses Gustave of the crime and has him sent to prison; Serge subsequently flees the household. It is implied, though not expressly stated, that Dmitri and Jopling are behind the murder, as a bottle of strychnine is at one point seen on the latter's desk.

Dmitri is next seen attempting to bribe his mother's lawyer, Kovacs, into giving him and his sisters sole control of the fortune; when Kovacs remains adamant that he represents Madame D.'s interests, not Dmitri's, Dmitri has Jopling kill Kovacs' pet cat, and then Kovacs himself later that night. He next sends Jopling to torture and kill Serge's sister, the only person with whom he has been corresponding, for information on Serge's whereabouts, which he does. In the meantime, Gustave has escaped from prison and, with the aid of Zero and the Order of the Crossed Keys, a secret society of hotel concierges, also tracks down Serge, who is hiding in a mountaintop monastery. Gustave gets Serge to admit that Madame D. drafted a second will, prescribing a different heir should she be murdered, but Serge is garroted by Jopling before he can say where it is hidden; shortly thereafter, Jopling is also killed in the ensuing fight with Gustave and Zero when he falls from the mountaintop.

Dmitri traces the painting to the Grand Budapest, which is being converted into barracks by the "Zigzag Party," a Fascist movement in the region. Gustave and Zero follow, disguised as pastry deliverymen. Zero's fiancee, Agatha, retrieves the painting on instructions left by Zero, but is nearly killed by Dmitri, who then engages in a gun battle with Gustave and several of tho soldiers boarding in the hotel. Police Inspector Henricks arrives, and upon hearing Gustave and Dmitri accuse each other of Madame D.'s murder, orders them both arrested. Zero and Agatha manage to retrieve the painting and find the second will hidden behind it, which is brought to Henricks, who discovers that in the event of Madame D.'s murder, Gustave is named sole heir. Gustave is vindicated and the now-penniless Dmitri flees for his life, never to be seen again.