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64-512: For the municipality in the Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, see Ernst, Germany . For the album by Matt Nathanson, see Ernst (album) . Ernst is both a surname and a given name, the German, Dutch, and Scandinavian form of Ernest . Notable people with the name include: Surname [ edit ] Adolf Ernst (1832–1899) German botanist known by

128-717: A Darksouls III enjoyer Ernst Reinhold von Hofmann , Russian geologist and mineralogist Ernst Jaakson , Estonian diplomat Ernst Jansz , Dutch musician and founding member of Doe Maar Ernst Jünger (1895-1998), German writer Ernst Kaltenbrunner (1903-1946), Austrian-German Nazi SS police chief and war criminal, executed for war crimes Ernst Keil (1816–1878), German publisher Ernst af Klercker (1881–1955), Swedish general Ernst Kummer , German mathematician Ernst Laraque , Haitian judoka Ernst Larsen , Norwegian athlete Ernst Lauda (1859–1932), Austrian engineer Ernst Lubitsch (1892–1947), German-born Jewish film director Ernst Mach , physicist, coined

192-606: A bald head and a facial dueling scar in You Only Live Twice ; a bald head with no scar or earlobes in On Her Majesty's Secret Service ; and silver-grey hair in Diamonds Are Forever . This metamorphosing matches Fleming's literary portrayal of a master criminal who will go to great lengths to preserve his anonymity, including the use of plastic surgery. He often wears a jacket without lapels , based loosely either on

256-717: A defunct hardware chain Ernest (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Name list This page or section lists people that share the same given name or the same family name . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ernst&oldid=1257484282 " Categories : Given names Surnames Masculine given names German-language surnames German masculine given names Surnames from given names Hidden categories: Pages with German IPA Articles with short description Short description

320-447: A huge belly. The most recurring antagonist in the franchise, Blofeld appears or is heard in three novels: Thunderball , On Her Majesty's Secret Service ; and You Only Live Twice ; as well as eight films from Eon Productions : From Russia with Love (1963), Thunderball (1965), You Only Live Twice (1967), On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969), Diamonds Are Forever (1971), possibly For Your Eyes Only (1981;

384-619: A jacket without lapels and has a full head of hair, reminiscent of the Donald Pleasence , Charles Gray , and Telly Savalas versions of the character, respectively. His disfigurement later on the film echoes the scar and blind eye of Pleasence's version. He is also briefly shown with a white Persian cat, strikingly similar to the one from the Sean Connery era films. In the James Bond comic books by Dynamite Entertainment , Blofeld appears as

448-410: A member of either sex. He didn't even eat very much." The novel Thunderball indicates that Blofeld wants to be a man of honour, or at least pose as one. During a meeting of SPECTRE agents, he refers to the kidnapping of a teenage girl, who was to be returned unharmed once her father paid the ransom. However, he refunded half the money after learning that she had been raped by her abductor, and he kills

512-462: A minor role as the leader of SPECTRE in the 1961 novel Thunderball . The plot that he formulates is carried out by his second-in-command Emilio Largo . Blofeld is described physically as a massive man, weighing roughly 20 st (280 lbs, 127 kg), who had previously been a champion amateur weightlifter in his youth before becoming obese in middle age; he has black crew-cut hair, black eyes (similar to those of Benito Mussolini ), heavy eyelashes,

576-415: A new background. In this continuity, he was born Franz Oberhauser , the son of Hannes Oberhauser (a character from the original short story " Octopussy "), James Bond 's ( Daniel Craig ) legal guardian after being orphaned at the age of 11, making him and Bond adoptive brothers. As a young man, he resented Bond for being his father's favorite, leading him to murder his father, stage his own death, and take on

640-490: A parodic allusion to Blofeld's character. This can be seen parodied in the Austin Powers film series with the character of Dr. Evil and his cat Mr. Bigglesworth, or in the cartoons Inspector Gadget , with the character of Dr. Claw and his pet M.A.D. Cat, and Danger Mouse , with the character of Baron Silas Greenback. Ian Fleming includes information about Blofeld's background in his novel Thunderball . According to

704-404: A particularly penurious Bond. That evening's musical guest Sting portrayed a villain called "Goldsting", who wore a Nehru jacket and, like The Big Cheese, carried a stuffed bunny rabbit. Similar to The Powerpuff Girls example, General Viggo (a white Persian cat) is the villain of the video game Fur Fighters , while his pet is a small mutant human named Fifi. One of the two main villains of

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768-511: A pet and with the face unseen by the spectator or the viewpoint character , and the concept of spectacularly executing underlings who fail to defeat the main protagonist. In the film series, Blofeld first appears in From Russia with Love (credited as "Ernst Blofeld", though the name is never heard), then in Thunderball (uncredited). In these two appearances, his name is never spoken, his face

832-551: A project that, as can be seen today, was at least successful on the road alongside the Moselle, if nowhere else. The municipality as it stands today takes its shape mainly from the building of the church and the laying out of the Moselstraße – the road alongside the Moselle – in the mid 19th century. Ernst has been a winegrowing centre for 2,000 years, with 14 full-time winemakers still at the trade today and another 10 who undertake it as

896-671: A secondary occupation. The landholder until the French Revolutionary occupation in 1794 was the Electorate of Trier . In 1815 both centres were assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia at the Congress of Vienna . Not long thereafter, they were merged to form one municipality. Since 1946, it has been part of the then newly founded state of Rhineland-Palatinate . The council is made up of 12 council members, who were elected by majority vote at

960-466: A shipping billionaire, Blofeld is the leader of the resuscitated SPECTRE global criminal organisation, which had been thought dismantled since the end of the Cold War . Blofeld appears in the end of the 2004 video game GoldenEye: Rogue Agent , with the likeness of Donald Pleasence, voiced by Gideon Emery . Despite the character being clearly him, as chief of an anonymous but powerful crime syndicate, he

1024-475: A thin mouth, and long pointed hands and feet. He has violet-scented breath from chewing flavored cachous (breath mints), a habit he adopts whenever he must deliver bad news. A meticulous planner of formidable intellect, he seems to be without conscience but not necessarily insane, and is motivated solely by financial gain. Blofeld's lifestyle is described in one chapter in Thunderball : "For the rest, he didn't smoke or drink and he had never been known to sleep with

1088-424: A worldwide terrorist network, later revealed to be Spectre. Bond discovers that Blofeld is trying to take control of Nine Eyes, a global surveillance program, with help from treasonous Joint Intelligence Service agent Max Denbigh ( Andrew Scott ), and staging terrorist attacks in order to justify the program's existence. Bond and Madeleine Swann ( Lea Seydoux ), Mr. White's daughter, confront Blofeld at his hideout in

1152-478: Is an anonymous, bald, villain who uses a wheelchair and is trying to kill Bond once again. Due to the then-ongoing legal dispute between Kevin McClory and Eon Productions / United Artists over the Thunderball copyrights, Blofeld remained unnamed. The only clues to his identity are the trademark white cat, similar clothes to his previous onscreen appearances, the dialogue indicating he and Bond have met before, and

1216-465: Is dead, finished, he expects Bond to engage in "a little plain, solid work." Of course, the man Bond killed turns out to be a duplicate. Bond would meet Blofeld again, along with another decoy, later in the film before eliminating the second decoy, and crashing Blofeld's bathosub into the control room of an exploding oil rig, his fate left ambiguous. In a sixth appearance – in the pre-credit sequence of For Your Eyes Only  – he

1280-416: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Ernst, Germany The municipality lies in a bow in the river Moselle only 4 km from Cochem , going towards Trier . Over on the other side of the Moselle lies Valwig . Ernst's municipal area comprises 418 ha, of which 90 ha is vineyards and 227 ha is wooded. Ernst has 617 inhabitants who maintain their main residence in

1344-644: Is generally thought that the character of Blofeld was based on real-life Greek arms dealer Basil Zaharoff . It is commonly believed that the name Blofeld was inspired by the English cricket commentator Henry Blofeld 's father, Thomas Blofeld, with whom Fleming went to school. Henry Blofeld offered on the BBC Radio 4 series Just a Minute that "Ian took my father's name as the name of the baddie." Blofeld has three appearances in Ian Fleming's novels. He first appears in

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1408-582: Is in the beginning of the next novel, The Man with the Golden Gun , published in 1965. Blofeld's depiction in film influenced with great effect the depiction of supervillains and (together with that of Don Vito Corleone in The Godfather ) that of Mafia bosses both in films and printed media, as, since his first appearance on the big screen in 1963, he established some "standards" imitated for decades, such as mysterious identities, being portrayed stroking

1472-588: Is not named because of the then-ongoing copyright controversy that also prevented the open usage of the character in the Moore era films. Blofeld is a playable multiplayer character in the 2010 video game GoldenEye 007 for the Wii , with the likeness of Charles Gray. Blofeld is one of the main characters in the 2012 Craig-era video game 007 Legends , featured in the mission based on On Her Majesty's Secret Service (set between Quantum of Solace and Skyfall ), in which

1536-482: Is not seen, and only his lower body is visible as he strokes his trademark white cat. Originally, On Her Majesty's Secret Service was to include the twist that Blofeld was Auric Goldfinger 's twin brother, and would be portrayed by Gert Fröbe . However, this plotline was scrapped when it was delayed in favor of You Only Live Twice . Czech actor Jan Werich was originally cast by producer Harry Saltzman to play Blofeld in You Only Live Twice . Upon his arrival at

1600-763: Is notably saddled with the exploitable weakness of snobbery about his assumed nobility, indicating that he is losing his sanity. He is hiding in Switzerland in the guise of the Comte Balthazar de Bleuville and Bond defeats his vindictive plans to destroy Britain's agricultural economy (implied to be carried out on behalf of the Soviet Union ). In the final sequence of the novel, Blofeld gets revenge by murdering Bond's new wife, Tracy . In You Only Live Twice , published in 1964, Blofeld returns and Bond finds him hiding in Japan under

1664-405: Is the archenemy of British MI6 agent James Bond . Blofeld is head of the global criminal organisation SPECTRE and is commonly referred to by the codename Number 1 within this organisation. The character was originally written by Fleming as a physically massive and powerfully built man, standing around 6' 3" (1.90 m) and weighing 20 st (280 lbs, 127 kg), who had become flabby with

1728-655: Is the feline that turns out to be the criminal mastermind. In The Penguins of Madagascar , the recurring villain Dr. Blowhole is a parody and homage to Blofeld. The rendition for Lex Luthor in Superman: The Animated Series , and to a certain extent, various entries of the DC Animated Universe, were derived in part from Telly Savalas' portrayal of Blofeld in On Her Majesty's Secret Service . The character The Grand Master (and pet rabbit General Flopsy) from

1792-580: The CBBC series M.I. High (2007–2014) are heavily based on characteristics popularised in Blofeld. In the fourth episode of the first season of Monty Python's Flying Circus in 1969, Eric Idle played Arthur Lemming, secret agent for the British Dental Association , who found himself up against the forces of The Big Cheese ( Graham Chapman ), a diabolical dentist who appeared out of a secret panel in

1856-640: The James Bond novels and films Ernst Boepple (1887–1950), German Nazi official and SS officer executed for war crimes Ernst Brun Jr. , American football player Ernst Cassirer , German Jewish philosopher. Ernst Chain , German-born British biochemist Ernst Cohen , Dutch Jewish chemist known for his work on the allotropy of metals Ernst Gebauer , German painter Ernst Haeckel , German biologist and illustrator Ernst Hammerschmidt (1928–1993), Austrian / German scholar of Ethiopia Ernst Happel , Austrian football (soccer) manager Ernst Harmse,

1920-672: The Nehru jacket or on the Mao suit , a feature which is used in spoofs like the Austin Powers series, though in his early two appearances on film he wears a black business suit . By November 2013, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and the McClory estate had formally settled the issue with Danjaq and MGM and acquired the full copyright to the characters and concepts of Blofeld and SPECTRE. Blofeld consequently reappeared in Spectre , played by Christoph Waltz , and with

1984-968: The Nobel Prize in Physics in 1986 Ernst "Fritz" Sauckel, known as Fritz Sauckel (1894-1946), German Nazi politician, executed for war crimes Ernst Scholz (1874–1932), German lawyer and politician Ernst Scholz (politician) (1913–1986), German diplomat and politician Ernst Sieber (1927–2018), Swiss pastor, social worker, writer, politician and founder of the Sozialwerke Pfarrer Sieber relief organisation Ernst Jansen Steur , Dutch notorious former neurologist convicted on over twenty counts of harm Ernst Stromer , German palaeontologist Ernst Troeltsch , German Protestant theologian Ernst Udet , (1896-1941), German flying ace Ernst von Hesse-Wartegg , Austrian writer and traveller Ernst van de Wetering , Dutch art historian considered to be

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2048-466: The Pinewood set, both producer Albert R. Broccoli and director Lewis Gilbert felt that he was a bad choice, resembling a "poor, benevolent Santa Claus ." Nonetheless, in an attempt to make the casting work, Gilbert continued filming. After five days, both Gilbert and Broccoli determined that Werich was not menacing enough, and recast Donald Pleasence in the role – the official excuse being that Werich

2112-499: The Sahara , where he gloats about being indirectly responsible for several tragedies in Bond's life, including the deaths of his lover Vesper Lynd ( Eva Green ) and the previous M ( Judi Dench ). He then tortures his former foster brother by strapping him to a mechanical chair with surgical drills programmed to penetrate different areas of Bond's brain. At the last second, however, Bond destroys

2176-494: The Warsaw Stock Exchange . Foreseeing World War II , Blofeld made copies of top-secret wires and sold them for cash to Nazi Germany . Before the German invasion of Poland in 1939, he destroyed all records of his existence, then moved first to Sweden, then to Turkey, where he worked for Turkish Radio and began to set up his own private intelligence organisation. During the war, he sold information to both sides. After

2240-513: The parodies Dr. Claw (and his pet cat, M.A.D. Cat) from the Inspector Gadget animated series (1983–1986), Team Rocket leader Giovanni and his Persian from the Pokémon television series , and Dr. Evil (and his cat Mr. Bigglesworth ) from the Austin Powers film series (1997–2002). The 1999 The Powerpuff Girls episode "Cat Man Do" also features a supervillain with a cat, though it

2304-464: The 2021 Bond film No Time to Die . He has been held in solitary confinement at Belmarsh prison for five years since his capture, but has been covertly running Spectre while feigning insanity. Blofeld has operatives steal the "Heracles" bioweapon and lure Bond to a meeting of high-ranking Spectre agents in the hopes of infecting and killing him. However, Blofeld's plan is sabotaged by bioterrorist Lyutsifer Safin ( Rami Malek ), whose entire family

2368-462: The accusation. Bond strangles him to death in a fit of rage at the end of the novel (something that he had done only once before, to Auric Goldfinger ). In both On Her Majesty's Secret Service and You Only Live Twice , Blofeld is aided in his schemes by Irma Bunt, who is clearly his lover in the latter, and posing as Shatterhand's wife. Bond incapacitates her in their Japanese castle base before it blows up, killing her. The final mention of Blofeld

2432-405: The agent responsible for this infraction by electrocuting him in his chair. This is the third instance in which Blofeld kills an operative for a breach of discipline; he had earlier shot one through the heart with a needle fired from a compressed-air gun, and strangled another with a garrote. In the movie Thunderball , Blofeld kills an agent for embezzlement rather than rape. Blofeld is absent from

2496-416: The alias Dr. Guntram Shatterhand. He has once again changed his appearance. He has put on some muscle and has a gold-capped tooth, a fully healed nose, and a drooping grey mustache. Bond describes Blofeld on their confrontation as being "a big man, perhaps six foot three (190 cm), and powerfully built." It is indicated that Blofeld has by now gone completely insane, as he all but admits himself when Bond levels

2560-453: The alias of "Ernst Stavro Blofeld", derived from his mother's maiden name. Over time, he assembled a global criminal organisation known as Spectre. Additionally, it is revealed that the villains of the previous Craig films – Le Chiffre ( Mads Mikkelsen ), Mr. White ( Jesper Christensen ), Dominic Greene ( Mathieu Amalric ), and Raoul Silva ( Javier Bardem ) – were all really working for Spectre. Bond encounters Blofeld while investigating

2624-1099: The author abbreviation "Ernst" Anton Ernst (born 1975), South African film producer Alice Henson Ernst (1880-1980), American writer and historian Britta Ernst (born 1961), German politician Cornelia Ernst , German politician Edzard Ernst , German-British academic Emil Ernst , astronomer Ernie Ernst (1924/25–2013), American judge Eugen Ernst (1864–1954), German politician Fabian Ernst , German soccer player Gustav Ernst , Austrian writer Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst , Moravian violinist and composer Jim Ernst , Canadian politician Jimmy Ernst , American painter, son of Max Ernst Joni Ernst , American politician K.S. Ernst , American visual poet Karl Friedrich Paul Ernst , German writer (1866–1933) Ken Ernst , American comics artist Klaus Ernst , German politician Konstantin Ernst , Russian media manager, producer and TV host Max Ernst , (1891-1976), German artist and painter Mensen Ernst (1795–1843), Norwegian road runner and ultramarathonist and one of

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2688-458: The chair with an exploding watch given to him by Q ( Ben Whishaw ); the explosion destroys Blofeld's right eye and leaves him with a vertical scar running down the wounded socket. Nevertheless, Blofeld manages to escape. Bond ultimately foils Blofeld's plans and has the opportunity to kill him, but decides to spare his life, and Gareth Mallory ( Ralph Fiennes ), the current M, takes Blofeld into custody. Blofeld, again portrayed by Waltz, appears in

2752-499: The character is an amalgamation of the first three actors appearing in the official film series. Throughout the game, he is voiced by Glenn Wrage. Legends , released prior to Blofeld's appearance in Spectre , portrays a feud with 007 that is not related to the film, thus rendering the video game non-canonical to the cinematic timeline. Some of Blofeld's characteristics have become supervillain tropes in popular fiction and media, including

2816-606: The defeat of Erwin Rommel , he decided to back the Allied war effort, and was awarded numerous medals by the Allied powers after the war's end. Blofeld then moved temporarily to South America before founding SPECTRE . In the John Gardner novel For Special Services , Blofeld is depicted as having had a daughter, Nena, with a French prostitute. Although Fleming himself never confirmed it, it

2880-521: The fact that the scene begins with Bond paying his respects at Tracy's grave, often considered by the producers as a means of providing an "immediate continuity link" in the event of a new actor taking the part of Bond, as was almost the case before Roger Moore signed on again as Bond). Blofeld's appearance changes according to the personifying actor and the production. He has a full head of black hair in From Russia With Love and Thunderball ;

2944-442: The fatal shots at Tracy, minutes after she had married Bond. During the opening sequence of Diamonds Are Forever , Bond searches relentlessly for Blofeld and finds him overseeing the transformation of a henchman into a decoy duplicate, using plastic surgery . Bond drowns the decoy in a mud bath and kills Blofeld by shoving him into a volcanic pool, saying "Welcome to Hell, Blofeld." After the credits, M tells Bond that now that Blofeld

3008-1218: The first sport professionals Morris Ernst , American attorney Ole Ernst (1940–2013), Danish actor Oswald Herbert Ernst , American general and engineer Paul Ernst (American writer) , pulp novelist Richard R. Ernst (1933–2021), Swiss chemist Sipke Ernst (born 1979), Dutch chess grandmaster Susan G. Ernst , American developmental biologist Tony Ernst , Swedish journalist W. G. Ernst , American geologist specializing in petrology and geochemistry Walter Ernst , German lawyer and Nazi politician Wolfgang Ernst , (1956), German lawyer and legal historian Given name [ edit ] Ernst Pronunciation English: / ɜːr n s t , ɛər n s t / URNST , AIRNST German: [ɛʁnst] Gender male Origin Word/name Germanic Meaning "serious" (person) Other names Related names Ernest, Ernie Count Ernst of Lippe-Biesterfeld , regent of Lippe Ernst Anders , German painter Ernest August (disambiguation) , multiple people Ernst Balz , German sculptor Ernst Stavro Blofeld , evil genius from

3072-569: The late 18th century to the Electorate of Trier, hence the Electoral-Trier cross on the dexter (armsbearer's right, viewer's left) side. Saint Quirinus bore nine balls (called Kugeln in the German blazon and translated “bezants” in the English blazon – the closest standard charge in English heraldry) in his arms, and was also the patron of the church in Niederernst. His attribute now appears on

3136-502: The main antagonist in the Agent of SPECTRE arc, which ran between March and July 2021. As in the original Ian Fleming novels, he is the son of a Polish father and a Greek mother; his mother belonged to a family of Greek ship-owners, with Blofeld inheriting a private fleet from her, which he manages to build up into a global shipping empire. His base of operations is the (fictional) Greek island of Meraki . Behind his veneer of respectability as

3200-493: The municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairwoman. Ernst's mayor is Bernd Schüller. The German blazon reads: Von Silber und Grün gespalten. In Silber ein rotes Balkenkreuz, in Grün 9 (2:1, 2:1, 2:1) goldene Kugeln. The municipality's arms might in English heraldic language be described thus: Per pale argent a cross gules and vert nine bezants, two, one, two, one, two and one. Ernst belonged until

3264-450: The municipality and another 40 who have a secondary residence there. Ernst's Ortsteile are Oberernst and Unterernst. A grain grater from La Tène times may well be evidence that Ernst was already settled by 250 BC, and that it is therefore of Celtic origin. Even the earliest documentary mention of Ernst as Arnesche shows the village's Celtic beginnings. In AD 670, “Hilduin” bequeathed vineyards in Ernst to his brother-in-law. Ernst

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3328-695: The natural science and technology disciplines. He first graduated from the University of Warsaw with a degree in Political History and Economics, and then from the Warsaw University of Technology with a degree in Engineering and Radionics . He was then hired by the Polish Ministry of Posts and Telegraphs and appointed to a sensitive communication position, which he used for buying and selling stocks at

3392-592: The next novel, The Spy Who Loved Me , though its events take place while Bond is battling SPECTRE in North America. In On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1963), Bond learns that Blofeld has altered his appearance radically – he is now tall and thin, having reduced his weight to 12 stone (170 lb; 76 kg); sports long silver hair, a syphilitic infection on his nose, and no earlobes; and he wears dark green tinted contact lenses to hide his distinctive eyes. Perhaps less calculating than previously, he

3456-457: The novel, Blofeld was born on 28 May 1908 (which is also Fleming's birthdate) in Gdingen , Imperial Germany (now Gdynia , Poland ); his father Ernst George Blofeld was Polish, and his mother Maria Stavro Michelopoulos was Greek, hence his Greek middle name Stavro. After World War I , Blofeld became a Polish national. As a young man, he was well-versed in the social science disciplines, but also in

3520-571: The pre-title sequence of which shows an unnamed character resembling Blofeld fall to his death), Spectre (2015) and No Time to Die (2021). The latter two films are set in a rebooted continuity, which started with Casino Royale (2006). Blofeld also appears in Never Say Never Again (1983), a remake of Thunderball that was not produced by Eon. Blofeld has been played on-screen by Donald Pleasence , Telly Savalas , Charles Gray , Max von Sydow and Christoph Waltz , among others. It

3584-601: The sinister (armsbearer's left, viewer's right) side of Ernst's arms. The arms were designed by Decku in Sankt Wendel ( Saarland ). The following are listed buildings or sites in Rhineland-Palatinate ’s Directory of Cultural Monuments: The St. Salvator parish church with its twin towers, built in 1845 in Romanesque Revival style with Rhenish slate , is Ernst's foremost landmark. Bundesstraße 49 runs by

3648-470: The term " mach number " Ernst Mayr , evolutionary biologist, influential in the philosophy of biology Ernst Neizvestny , Russian sculptor Ernst Öpik , Estonian astronomer Ernst Heinrich Roth , (1877–1948), German luthier Ernst Röhm , (1887-1934), German military officer and co-founder of the Nazi SA (Stormtroopers) Ernst Rolf , Swedish artist Ernst Ruska , a German physicist who won

3712-497: The village, and Autobahn A 48 can be reached over either Landesstraße (State Road) 98 or Bundesstraße 259. In 2005, Ernst was a winner in the contest Unser Dorf hat Zukunft (“Our village has a future”). Ernst Stavro Blofeld Ernst Stavro Blofeld is a fictional villain in the James Bond series of novels and films, created by Ian Fleming . A criminal mastermind with aspirations of world domination , he

3776-408: The wall with a stuffed rabbit called Flopsy on his knee. The character of Shakal, a villain from the 1980 Indian action film Shaan portrayed by Kulbhushan Kharbanda , was modelled after Blofeld in appearance and Kharbanda was especially cast in the role for his bald look. In 1987, an edition of Saturday Night Live presented a skit called "Bullets Aren't Cheap", featuring Steve Martin as

3840-610: The world's foremost expert on Rembrandt Ernst vom Rath (1909-1938), Nazi German diplomat Ernst von der Lancken (1841-1902), Swedish Army major general Ernst Zacharias (1924–2020), German musician Ernst Zermelo , set theorist Ernst Ziegler (1894-1974), German actor Ernst Zündel (1939-2017), German neo-Nazi and Holocaust denier Pseudonym [ edit ] Ernst, pseudonym used by Matthias Jakob Schleiden See also [ edit ] Herzog Ernst , German medieval epic Ernst & Young , professional services and accounting firm Ernst Home Centers ,

3904-443: Was ill. In the third, fourth, and fifth appearances – You Only Live Twice , On Her Majesty's Secret Service and Diamonds Are Forever  – he is the primary antagonist, meeting Bond face-to-face. In the film version of On Her Majesty's Secret Service , he is not Tracy Bond 's ( Diana Rigg ) actual killer—rather, he plots to have Tracy killed. He drives the car from which Irma Bunt ( Ilse Steppat ) fires

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3968-445: Was initially a convention of the films not to show Blofeld's face, only a close-up of his hands stroking his white, blue-eyed Persian cat . His face is revealed in You Only Live Twice when he introduces himself to Bond for the first time in person. Many of Blofeld's characteristics have become tropes in popular fiction, representing the stock character of the criminal mastermind, with the stroking of his white cat often retained as

4032-628: Was made up of two constituent centres then, Oberernst and Niederernst, but was always a unified municipality. In the Middle Ages , lower court jurisdiction was exercised through the Valwig-Ernst court. When Ernst passed along with the Rhineland to Prussia , the Prussian government decreed that Oberernst, where the parish church and the old town hall stood, and Niederernst were to grow together into one centre,

4096-722: Was murdered by Mr. White on orders from Blofeld. Safin has the bioweapon altered by corrupt MI6 scientist Valdo Obruchev ( David Dencik ) so that it wipes out all the Spectre agents instead of Bond. Safin then coerces Swann to infect Blofeld with a strain of Heracles targeting his DNA . While attending Bond's interrogation of Blofeld, Swann unknowingly passes the bioweapon onto him before abandoning Safin's plan. Blofeld reveals he manipulated Bond into believing Swann had betrayed him five years earlier, resulting in Bond ending their relationship. Enraged, Bond chokes Blofeld, unwittingly infecting him and killing him within seconds. This incarnation wears

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