Hotel Atlantic Kempinski

In 1997’s Tomorrow Never Dies, Bond (played by Pierce Brosnan) is sent to Hamburg’s lavish Hotel Atlantic Kempinski to stop Elliot Carver, an insane media mogul, from initiating World War III. Bond checks into the hotel, where he first seduces Carver’s wife, who—surprise—is later killed by her husband’s personal assassin, Dr. Kaufman. This leads to […]

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Hotel Atlantic Kempinski from Tomorrow Never Dies

In 1997’s Tomorrow Never Dies, Bond (played by Pierce Brosnan) is sent to Hamburg’s lavish Hotel Atlantic Kempinski to stop Elliot Carver, an insane media mogul, from initiating World War III. Bond checks into the hotel, where he first seduces Carver’s wife, who—surprise—is later killed by her husband’s personal assassin, Dr. Kaufman. This leads to the movie’s most memorable scene where Bond climbs from the Atlantic Suite to the globe on the hotel’s rooftop. Interestingly, a stunt double filmed the scene because, unlike the real 007, Brosnan is afraid of heights.