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The Beau-Rivage in Geneva

June 8, 2021

With this series, we travel to the world’s most legendary Grand Hotels. Each enchants with its beauty, history and fascinating stories of famous visitors. Now, we pay a visit to the Beau-Rivage, in Geneva.

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Filmstills von der Dokumentation "Hotel Legenden - Das Beau Rivage in Genf"
Image: Autentic
Filmstills von der Dokumentation "Hotel Legenden - Das Beau Rivage in Genf"
Image: Autentic


With its stunning view of Lake Geneva, the hotel has attracted actors from Roger Moore to Angelina Jolie, and played host to political luminaries like Kofi Annan, Charles de Gaulle and the Dalai Lama. 
 

100. Todestag von Kaiserin "Sisi"
Image: Bernhaut/dpa/picture-alliance



Political history has been made here, too: In 1898, the Empress "Sisi" of Austria was stabbed to death by an anarchist at the Beau-Rivage. Nearly a hundred years later, in 1987, the German politician Uwe Barschel was discovered dead here, in a bathtub.
 

Filmstills von der Dokumentation "Hotel Legenden - Das Beau Rivage in Genf"
Image: Autentic


Family-run for generations, the hotel is impressive not just for its size, but also for its discretion. Now, director Jacques Mayer uses interviews, archival film and rarely seen photographs to vividly chronicle some of the most fateful years of the Beau-Rivage. 



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