The first special exhibition after the pandemic was opened at a vernissage on Friday evening (July 8, 2022) in the halls of Emil Frey Classics. The theme: James Bond, Switzerland and the car craze of the 1960s.
"During the boom of the 1960s, there was a tremendous enthusiasm for cars," explains museum curator Simon Bundi by way of introduction. "You can also see this in the James Bond films 'Goldfinger' and 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service'."
Both were partly filmed in Switzerland, and cars play spectacular roles in both. The special exhibition includes James Bond's Aston Martin "DB5" (beautifully embedded in a petrol station scene as in the film in Andermatt) and the white Ford Mustang from "Goldfinger", as well as the Aston Martin DBS and some cars from the ice race scene in the film "On Her Majesty's Secret Service".
"The exhibition therefore tells the story of this filming, shows the most important cars from the films and spans the arc into the real world of the 1960s," says Bundi. There are pictures, newsreel reports, toy cars, but also many private photos and eyewitness accounts.
Contemporary witnesses report
Managing Director Hannes Gautschi also welcomed the two contemporary witnesses Josef Ritler and Heinrich Stäbler among the 80 guests at the vernissage.
In a panel discussion, both reported on their experiences during the filming of the movie "Goldfinger" in the Furka Pass area 58 years ago, one as a Blick photographer and supplier of some great photos of the action scenes on the Furka Pass, the other as a set doctor vacationing in Andermatt and spontaneously called upon in the evening during a visit to a bar.
Steffen Appel, co-author of the book "The Goldfinger Files" and the most important lender to the exhibition, was also present with his numerous original James Bond accessories, which he has collected worldwide.
A worthwhile exhibition, not only for fans of the early, myth-forming James Bond films.
Further information on this exhibition, which is open to the public until November 30, 2022, can be found on the Emil Frey Classics website.
