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Cologne's Grand Hotel has stood proudly at the foot of Cologne Cathedral for more than one hundred and fifty years.
The Excelsior Hotel Ernst.
A fortress of tradition and good taste.
It is one of the last family-run luxury hotels in the world.
Artists, kings, business leaders and politicians have been coming and going here for decades.
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer, Empress Soraya, Karl May, the Kennedys and many other famous personalities have written hotel history here.
The film explores the eventful history of the Grand Hotel and its owner family as reflected in the history of the cathedral city.
The documentary takes the viewer behind the scenes of the hotel and observes the hustle and bustle of the hotel.
Family, staff and well-known guests look back on special events, fateful encounters and amusing memories.
Historical film footage brings the history of the hotel to life and shows how inseparable it is from Cologne's cityscape.
