Frau Hoffner (Casino Royale)

Frau Hoffner (Anna Quayle) is a minor antagonist in the 1967 comedy spy spoof on a James Bond film, "Casino Royale".
Frau Hoffner runs a school of espionage that is housed right along the Berlin Wall in Berlin, Germany. She is assisted with her sidekick Polo (Ronnie Corbett).
Mata Bond (Joanna Pettet) is recruited by her father, Sir James Bond (David Niven) to spy on the school. Mata shows up at the school to enroll as a student. When Hoffner asks Mata her qualifications, she takes off her overcoat and explains that she is the daughter of Mata Hari, a former student at the school in 1916.
Mata is shown around the school where she sees the decoding and cypher class where blonde henchwomen are seen wearing red jumpsuits and red glasses. From there they come across a class on karate and self defense.
Mata is shown to her room by Frau Hoffner's sidekick midget named Polo. Mata attempts to get information out of Polo, and she induces him in order to get it. She finds out that Le Chiffre (Orson Wells) is raising money by selling off his art collection to satisfy his gambling addiction and debts.
Mata begins snooping around the school and finds a secret tunnel system. She happens upon Otto, a mummified Prussian soldier. Frau Hoffner tells her that Otto was one of Mata Hari's lovers.
Frau Hoffner leads Mata to a large room where the art collection auction is about to begin. The room is occupied by military officers from many countries. The collection involves photographs of various military officers with nearly naked women in compromising situations. It is obvious that this is blackmail material.
Mata's cab driver shows up and demands payment for her fare. He then reveals that his is a member of the foreign office. She instructs him to wait outside and keep the motor running. Mata sneaks into the film room and steals the slides containing the blackmail pictures and attempts to flee. She runs into Polo who tells her he will have to kill her. Mata disconnects his heart monitor. When he attempts to reconnect the switch it makes him speed up backwards and going round and round on a revolving doorway.
Frau Hoffner arrives and demands the slides. Mata slams the door in her face which causes Frau Hoffner to fall backward into the mummified Prussian soldier causing his gun to go off shooting her in the stomach.
==Trivia==
*Anna Quayle appeared as Baroness Bomburst in the 1968 film "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang". 
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Category:1960s
Category:Boots
Category:Brunette
Category:Cape
Category:Live Action Villainess
Category:Man Kills Villainess
Category:Spy
Category:Demise: Shot
Category:Fate: Deceased