Hollywood Legends in the BMW Golden Bear Lounge - Sir Christopher Lee Meets Nastassja Kinski

Munich/Berlin. The BMW Golden Bear Lounge is where international Hollywood stars, producers and directors all meet up during the 62nd International Berlin Film Festival. For Hollywood legend Sir Christopher Lee ("Lord of the Rings") and actress Nastassja Kinski it was the first time they'd seen each other again for 36 years. The two internationally successful actors first met in 1976 during shooting for the film "Bride of Satan". "Thanks to BMW we've finally met up again all these years later, what a wonderful surprise," said Sir Christopher Lee, who had followed up the invitation from Karsten Engel, head of BMW Group Sales for Germany.

Following the meeting, Christopher Lee, his wife Birgit and Nastassja Kinski were driven off in a BMW 530d Gran Turismo to the Festival Night organised by BMW and BUNTE in Berlin's Humboldt Carré. It was attended by around 500 guests from the worlds of film, media, industry and politics. They included Federal Transport Minister Peter Ramsauer, Berlin's mayor Klaus Wowereit and numerous celebrities too: Cosma Shiva Hagen, Sophie Schütt and her partner Felix Seitz, Mario Adorf, producer Quirin Berg and his girlfriend Natascha Grün, Michael Michalsky with Jennifer Elvers-Elbertzhagen, Regine Sixt, Michael Mendl, Sabine Christiansen and her husband Norbert Medus, Dr. Maria Furtwängler-Burda, Ursula Karven, Ralf Möller, and Franziska Knuppe with her husband Christian Knuppe-Möstl. Hollywood star Diane Kruger also insisted on joining in the celebrations: even though she had only come for the opening movie of the 62nd Festival, she decided to make a long night of it in Germany's capital.

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