Excelsior Hotel Ernst of Cologne

For more than 150 years, Cologne's grand hotel has stood proudly at the foot of Cologne Cathedral: the Excelsior Hotel Ernst. 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, royalty, business leaders and politicians have been coming and going here for decades. German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer, Empress Soraya, Karl May, The film explores the eventful history of the Grand Hotel and its owner family in the mirror of the history of the cathedral city. The documentary takes the viewer behind the scenes of the hotel business and observes the colorful hustle and bustle in the house. Family, employees and notable guests look back on special events, fateful encounters and amusing memories. Historical footage brings the hotel's history to life and shows how inextricably it belongs to the Cologne cityscape.