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A View to a Kill, Berlin, Casino Royale, Deutsches Spionagemuseum, Die Another Day, film prop, German spy museum, GoldenEye, James Bond, Moonraker, museum, Octopussy, Skyfall, The Man with the Golden Gun, The World Is Not Enough
German Spy Museum (Deutsches Spionagemuseum) is located at Leipziger Platz in the center of the capital of Germany. The square was destroyed during the Second World War. During Cold War it was no man’s land at the Berlin Wall. It is very close to Checkpoint Charlie, famous Berlin Wall crossing point between East Berlin and West Berlin, that was also ‘Octopussy’ filming location.
To enter the museum you have to validate your ticket and walk through double door. It takes… 007 seconds before second door opens.
The exhibition is mostly dedicated to real spies, but there is also fictional secret agents area. At the entrance to that room you can take a photo with 007 background. Below you can see my selfie with camera instead of gun.
There is a number of props that were used on sets of different James Bond movies. On several screens you can watch short parts of films where each prop was used.
Chips and playing cards from ‘Casino Royale’, the Order of Lenin from ‘A View to a Kill’, fake ID from ‘The World Is Not Enough’, Walther PPK/S from ‘Skyfall’.
Chips and playing cards from ‘Casino Royale’.
The Order of Lenin from ‘A View to a Kill’, fake ID from ‘The World Is Not Enough’, Walther PPK/S from ‘Skyfall’.
M’s red telephone from ‘Moonraker’.
Submachine gun Steyr TMP from ‘The World Is Not Enough’.
M’s red telephone from ‘Moonraker’ and submachine gun Steyr TMP from ‘The World Is Not Enough’.
Walkie-Talkie from ‘The World Is Not Enough’.
Walkie-Talkie from ‘The World Is Not Enough’.
Chemicals drum from ‘The World Is Not Enough’.
1 million dollar cheque from ‘The World Is Not Enough’.
Cheque from ‘A View to a Kill’.
A cast of Roger Moore’s face.
A cast of Sean Connery’s face.
Skyfall sign from ‘Skyfall’.
Glock 18 with Beta-C magazine from ‘Skyfall’.
Ice Spikes from ‘Die Another Day’.
Hovercraft driver’s helmet from ‘Die Another Day’.
Clothes and shoes that Jaw was wearing in ‘Moonraker’ and Nick Nack was wearing in ‘The Man with the Golden Gun’.
Jaw’s shoes from ‘Moonraker’ and Nick Nack’s shoes from ‘The Man with the Golden Gun’.
A cast of Christopher Lee’s face.
A cast of Christopher Lee’s face.
Satellite key from ‘GoldenEye’.
Russian fur hat that General Ourumov (Gottfried John) was wearing in ‘Goldeneye’.
Coat of arms on Kamal Khan’s aeroplane from ‘Octopussy’.
Octopussy badge from ‘Octopussy’.
Mollaka’s Jacket from ‘Casino Royale’.
Machete from ‘Casino Royale’.
Mobile phone and SIM card reader from ‘Casino Royale’.
Mobile phone and SIM card reader from ‘Casino Royale’.
Sony Ericsson K800i from ‘Casino Royale’, Shotgun from ‘Skyfall’ and Walther P99 from ‘Die Another Day’.
All actors who played 007 in James Bond films produced by EON Productions.
You can find all necessary information such as opening hours and ticket prices to the museum on its official site: www.deutsches-spionagemuseum.de
All photos were taken at the beginning of May 2019. The exhibition may change in the future.
I would like to thank Deutsches Spionagemuseum for possibility of visiting that amazing place.
In the next picture I managed to capture double-decker bus parked on the Kurfürstendamm street almost in the same place as similar bus in the film scene.
In the next scene (that was filmed as the first one, on August 10th 1982) they arrived at Checkpoint Charlie, best known crossing point between West Berlin and East Berlin during Cold War. Currently the building at Checkpoint Charlie is a tourist attraction.
The film crew didn’t get a permission to go through the Checkpoint Charlie so the car with Roger Moore had to turn around in no man’s land and return to West Berlin. Nowadays everybody can freely walk around that place.
Very close to Checkpoint Charlie there is a BACK-FACTORY CAFE with “Octopussy” memorabilia. A model of Acrostar BD-5J Micro Jet known from pre-credits is hanging from the ceiling.
There are also many film posters and photos from “Octopussy” on the wall.
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On the red carpet there were several actors known from other James Bond movies, such as Ludger Pistor who appeared in “Casino Royale” as the Swiss banker Mendel.
Juergen Tarrach (in picture below together with his daughter) in “Casino Royale” was playing the role of Schultz, who was a hotel guest in the Ocean Club at Nassau. He asked James Bond to park his Range Rover, but 007 crashed the car to distract the security.
Clemens Schick played Kraft, who was Le Chiffre’s right-hand henchman in “Casino Royale”. It was difficult to recognize him in the movie, because Kraft was bold and not smiling like Schick in a picture below. Veruschka von Lehndorff (first from right in the same picture) played Grafin von Wallenstein taking part in the poker match in the same film.
About one hour before the film start Daniel Craig appeared on the red carpet together with the producer Barbara Broccoli, director Sam Mendes and actress Berenice Marlohe. Before standing in front of photographers Craig was signing autographs.
Producer Barbara Broccoli was interviewed.
Director Sam Mendes standing in front of photographers didn’t know yet that he would be back as director of next James Bond film “Spectre”.
Most expected person of the evening was Daniel Craig.
He was also posing together with Bond girl Severine played by Berenice Marlohe.
They were also posing all four together (from the left): Berenice Marlohe, Sam Mendes, Barbara Broccoli and Daniel Craig.
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