Special Exhibition on the tracks of Goldfinger in Andermatt

The new special exhibition "James Bond – On the tracks of Goldfinger" is open from June 9, 2024 – October 17, 2024 in Hotel THE CHEDI in Andermatt, Switzerland, the location where the famous Goldfinger car  chase was filmed.

With this exhibition, Hotel THE CHEDI is not only presenting unique photos and exhibits to the general public that have never been exhibited before, but also showing the weekly newsreels that went missing from the filming of the Goldfinger Alpine sequence in Switzerland.

The BP petrol station from the filming location in Andermatt, is seen at the exhibition as a 1:1 model. There are also original documents, letters, exhibits and costumes that round off the exhibition perfectly.

Goldfinger, the third adventure in the Bond film series, was a game changer back in 1964 and sparked a worldwide James Bond fever. The film fitted perfectly with the historical and social realities of the sixties. The role of Switzerland in the film and the perception of the country in the world at that time were almost synonymous - and that wasn’t exactly positive. Filming under the conditions that prevailed in July 1964 would be simply unthinkable today for a production of such dimensions. The whole shoot was largely unshielded, took place in public and could be viewed and documented by journalists at their leisure. The hotel staff or local assistants were practically part of the film crew, and tourists who happened to be present mingled undeterred.

Under these circumstances a masterpiece of popular culture was created, and it is exactly these circumstances that make this exhibition and the exhibits, film and image material so special. The Swiss photographers Hans Gerber of Comet- Photo AG Zürich, Josef Ritler of the tabloid newspaper Blick and the German film journalist Erich Kocian practically covered the whole eight days with their photographic work. In addition, there are private photographs of hotel employees in the accommodation of the film crew, which they took as souvenirs and have now made them available after all this time.

With the help of the book: The Goldfinger Files The Making of the Iconic Alpine Sequence in the James Bond Movie «Goldfinger» by Steffen Appel / Peter Waelty.

Goldfinger Hotel Package

The hotel also offers a special Goldfinger package: start by driving up the Furka Pass this summer like Sean Connery as Agent 007 in James Bond Goldfinger, but instead of the DB5, drive your own Morgan 4/4 around the sweeping bends on the Uri side of the Furka Pass and stop at the “James Bond Goldfinger bend”.

On your return to THE CHEDI Andermatt, check into the luxurious Furka Suite and spend two nights and three days surrounded by the Bond lifestyle with cars, golf, spa and an exclusive Omega Seamaster Diver 300M 007 Edition straight from Q’s workshop. Contact the hotel for more information and watch a Bond-inspired promo video on LinkedIN.

Address:

THE CHEDI
Gotthardstrasse 4, CH-6490 Andermatt, Switzerland
www.thechediandermatt.com