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Encyclopedia > Karl Stromberg
James Bond character
Karl Stromberg
Gender Male
Role Villain
Affiliation Self-employed
Current status Deceased
Portrayed by Curd Jürgens

Karl Stromberg is a fictional character in the James Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me. Stromberg was portrayed by Austrian actor Curt Jurgens. The character Stromberg was created specifically for the film by writer Christopher Wood. The novel The Spy Who Loved Me, written by Ian Fleming wasn't told from Bond's perspective, but rather a Bond girl that is in love with him. The entire plot of the film has actually nothing to do at all with the plot of the novel. This was at Fleming's request; when he sold the rights to his novel to EON Productions he requested only the title be used. Stromberg has the distinction, therefore, of being the very first major James Bond villain to be created specifically for the movies. “007” redirects here. ... Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... This article is about the Male sex. ... The James Bond novels and films are notable for their memorably despicable villains and henchmen. ... Jürgens in a scene from Der Kommissar (1973) Curd Jürgens (December 13, 1915 - June 18, 1982) was a German stage and motion-picture actor. ... Alice, a fictional character based on a real character from the work of Lewis Carroll. ... “007” redirects here. ... The Spy Who Loved Me is the 10th film in the James Bond series and the third to star Roger Moore as MI6 agent James Bond. ... For other uses, see Actor (disambiguation). ... Jürgens in a scene from Der Kommissar (1973) Curd Jürgens (December 13, 1915 - June 18, 1982) was a German stage and motion-picture actor. ... Christopher Wood (November 5, 1935 in London, England, UK) is a screenwriter best known for the James Bond films The Spy Who Loved Me (1977 with Richard Maibaum) and Moonraker (1979), as well as for the two novelizations based upon these films. ... Ian Lancaster Fleming (May 28, 1908 – August 12, 1964) was a British author, journalist and Second World War Navy Commander. ... A Bond Girl is a character or actress portraying a love interest or sex object of James Bond in a film, novel or video game. ... EON Productions is a film production company known for producing the James Bond film series. ...

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Bio

The webbed-fingered Karl Stromberg is a successful self-employed businessman as head of his own shipping firm. Stromberg's obsession and passion is the ocean where he lives in his palace, named Atlantis, that could submerge itself underwater so as not to be seen or detected. Located off the coast of Sardinia, Italy, Atlantis has everything to support life above and below water for any length of time. In fact, Atlantis is more like a city, able to support dozens if not hundreds of people. Animated map exhibiting the worlds oceanic waters. ... For the place in the United States, see Sardinia, Ohio. ...


Stromberg also owns a huge tanker, named Liparus, that serves as his headquarters away from Atlantis. Aboard the tanker he has a small army of soldiers clad in orange jumpsuits. This article does not cite any references or sources. ...


In Christopher Wood's novelisation of the film, Stromberg's first name is Sigmund, and is Swedish.


Scheme

Although Stromberg has a passion and love for the ocean and its various species, he absolutely despises the human race, not unlike Jules Verne's Captain Nemo. Stromberg, however, is much more diabolical and has no interest in benefitting the world. He has a congenital condition in which his hands were webbed like those of aquatic birds or mammals. It is his personal mission to start over with a new civilization underwater. After contracting two scientists to create the technology to track nuclear submarines, Stromberg takes this technology and uses it to capture a Soviet nuclear submarine and a British submarine. By tracking the subs, Stromberg's tanker, the Liparus, was to sneak up on the subs and capture them inside the tanker. His plan calls for the firing of nuclear missiles from these subs at Moscow and New York City, thus framing each other's government and starting a nuclear war, which would wipe out every last human being on Earth. Among Stromberg's many minions were an assistant who betrayed him by selling the plans for the submarine tracking system, and a professor and a doctor who were to help him operate the tracking system after it was complete. He killed the assistant by feeding her to sharks, and killed the professor and the doctor by blowing up their helicopter. For other uses, see Species (disambiguation). ... This article is about the French author. ... Captain Nemo is a fictional character featured in Jules Vernes novels Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1870) and The Mysterious Island (1874). ... USS Los Angeles A submarine is a specialized watercraft that can operate underwater. ... Soviet redirects here. ... For other uses, see Moscow (disambiguation). ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... This article is about Earth as a planet. ...


This scheme is actually a recycled plot from a previous film, You Only Live Twice, which was similar in that by stealing space capsules it would start a war between the Soviets and the Americans. The idea of commandeering two nuclear missiles and threatening to fire them at two major cities likewise recalls the plot of Thunderball. The scheme in which the villain wishes to destroy mankind to create a new race or new civilization was also used in Moonraker, the next film after The Spy Who Loved Me. In Moonraker, the villain Hugo Drax had an obsession with starting human civilization over in space. The film Moonraker was also written by Christopher Wood. Both featured Jaws as a henchman. For the Ian Fleming novel, see You Only Live Twice. ... For other topics with this name, see Thunderball. ... Moonraker is a 1979 spy film. ... Sir Hugo Drax is a fictional character and villain created by author Ian Fleming for the James Bond novel Moonraker. ... Jaws is a fictional assassin in the James Bond films The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker (plus some later videogames). ...


Prevention

Stromberg's scheme is foiled after Bond is taken aboard the Liparus as a prisoner from a recently captured American submarine. With Bond's help, the crews from the submarines escape and take over the tanker. With the tanker under their control, Bond is able to order the stolen submarines, which were crewed by Stromberg's men, to fire their nuclear warheads at each other. Prior to this, however, Stromberg had abducted Bond's partner, the Russian agent Anya Amasova, and escaped to his city-ship, Atlantis.


Bond pursues Stromberg, and after two failed attempts by Stromberg to kill him, Bond exercises his licence to kill by shooting Stromberg dead. Atlantis is later torpedoed and sunk which gave Stromberg a burial at sea.


Henchmen

Jaws is a fictional assassin in the James Bond films The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker (plus some later videogames). ...

Quotes

  • "I'm somewhat of a recluse. I wish to conduct my life on my own terms, and in surroundings with which I can identify. That is a privilege of wealth."
  • "Farewell, Mr. Bond. That word has, I must admit, a welcome ring of permanence about it."
  • "Observe, Mr. Bond, The instruments of Armageddon."
  • Anya Amasova: That does not justify mass murder.
  • Stromberg: "For that, major, I will accept the judgement of posterity.

Last Words: The evangelist John of Patmos writes the Book of Revelation. ... Mass murder (massacre) is the act of murdering a large number of people, typically at the same time, or over a relatively short period of time. ...

  • Bond: "Your time's up, Stromberg."
  • Stromberg: "Yours too, Mr. Bond, yours too... and faster than you think."

The Blofeld connection

In early drafts of the screenplay, the villain of The Spy Who Loved Me was going to be Ernst Stavro Blofeld, head of SPECTRE and Bond's mortal enemy from previous films, but legal wrangling over the rights to the character required the creation of a new villain. A passing reference in the film to the death of Bond's wife (killed in On Her Majesty's Secret Service in a drive-by shooting conducted by Blofeld himself) could be a remnant of this earlier script. Indeed Stromberg and Blofeld have many similarities, both in terms of characterization, and in the fact that they have small armies of thugs at their disposal. Stromberg's plan to end civilization is also similar to Blofeld's plan to start a Third World War in You Only Live Twice. Ernst Stavro Blofeld is a fictional character from the James Bond universe. ... Spectre, taken from the Battle for Wesnoth computer game. ... Tracy Bond (born Teresa Draco, aka Contessa Teresa di Vicenzo) is a fictional character in the James Bond film and novel On Her Majestys Secret Service (OHMSS). ... For the Ian Fleming novel, see On Her Majestys Secret Service. ... A nuclear holocaust is often associated with World War III For other uses, see World War III (disambiguation). ... For the Ian Fleming novel, see You Only Live Twice. ...


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