Sir Kenneth Adam, OBE, born Klaus Hugo Adam (born 5 February 1921), is a motion picture production designer most famous for his set designs for the James Bond films of the 1960s and 1970s.
Adam was born in Berlin, Germany to a Jewish family, the son of a former Prussian cavalryman. His father and uncles George and Otto owned a successful high-fashion clothing store, so the family was well-off. The company S.Adam (Berlin, Leipziger Straße / Ecke F...
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Sir Kenneth Adam, OBE, born Klaus Hugo Adam (born 5 February 1921), is a motion picture production designer most famous for his set designs for the James Bond films of the 1960s and 1970s.
Adam was born in Berlin, Germany to a Jewish family, the son of a former Prussian cavalryman. His father and uncles George and Otto owned a successful high-fashion clothing store, so the family was well-off. The company S.Adam (Berlin, Leipziger Straße / Ecke Friederichstraße) was established in 1863 by Saul Adam. Adam was educated at the Französisches Gymnasium Berlin, and the family had a summer house on the Baltic.
Then in 1933 the Nazi Party rose to power. Adam watched the Reichstag fire from the Tiergarten. That same year the family's shop was forced into bankruptcy by Brown Shirt harassment. So a part of the family relocated to England in 1934.
Adam was 13 years old when his family moved to England. Adam went to St. Paul's School in Barnes, and then attended University College London and...
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