Before you go to the filming locations, read this:

Please, take your time, to watch these famous and memorable filming locations. Some locations were very very hard to find.
It's interesting to compare the movie pictures scenes with the photographs that were shot by myself.

I love to visit film locations all around the world. For some of you this might be a boring thing to do, but it isn't at all. On the contrary it is fascinating. More than you could think of, a site is not what it looked like in the movie. As example some of the houses are not even connected. What you see as one town in the movie could be in real really two or more towns at different locations. The producer and the director are very selective what to show to the audience and what to hide. Of course, that what you see on the big screen is often the most appealing way. Unpleasant things like trash bins etc, will often not been shown.

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" WHERE EAGLES DARE "
" THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA "
Year of Production: 1968
Year of Production: 2005
Cast: Richard Burton, Clint Eastwood,
Mary Ure, Patrick Wymark
Cast: William Moseley, Georgie Henley, Skandar Keynes, Tilda Swinton
Directed by Brian G. Hutton
Directed by Andrew Adamson


" THE DOUBLE MAN "
" THE GREAT RACE "
Year of Production: 1967
Year of Production: 1965
Cast: Yul Brynner, Britt Ekland, Clive Revill, Anton Diffring, Moira Lister
Cast: Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis, Natalie Wood, Peter Falk, Keenan Wynn
Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner
Directed by Blake Edwards


" NAPOLA "
"CHASING LIBERTY "
Year of Production: 2004
Year of Production: 2004
Cast: Max Riemelt, Tom Schilling, Jonas Jägermeyr, Thomas Drechsel
Cast: Matthew Goode, Mandy Moore, Stark Sands, Tony Jayawardena
Directed by Dennis Gansel
Directed by Andy Cadiff


" THE RED COCKATOO "
" IM WEISSEN RÖSSL "
Year of Production: 2006
Year of Production: 1960
Cast: Max Riemelt, Jessica Schwarz, Ronald Zehrfeld
Cast: Peter Alexander, Waltraut Haas, Adrian Hoven, Karin Dor
Directed by Dominik Graf
Directed by Werner Jacobs


" THREE WISHES FOR CINDERELLA "
" DEAD IN 3 DAYS "
Year of Production: 1973
Year of Production: 2006
Cast: Libuse Safrankova, Pavel Travnicek, Carola Braunbock
Cast: Sabrina Reiter, Julia Rosa Stöckl, Michael Steinocher
Directed by Vaclav Vorlicek
Directed by Andreas Prochaska


" THE TREASURE OF THE WHITE
FALCONS "
" GRENZVERKEHR "
Year of Production: 2005
Year of Production: 2005
Cast: David Bode, Kevin Köppe, Victoria Scherer, Jannis Niewöhner
Cast: Andreas Buntscheck, Ferdinand Schmidt-Modrow, Joseph M'Barek
Directed by Christian Zübert
Directed by Stefan Betz


" KARL MAY MOVIES "
" THE BOAT "
Year of Productions: 1962 - 1968
Year of Production: 1981
Cast: Lex Barker, Pierre Brice, Ralph Wolter, Klaus Kinski, Karin Dor
Cast: Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Grönemeyer, Klaus Wennemann
Directed by Harald Reinl / Alfred Vohrer
Directed by Wolfgang Petersen


" JACK HOLBORN "
" THE THIRD MAN "
Year of Production: 1982
Year of Production: 1949
Cast: Patrick Bach, Matthias Habich,
Monte Markham
Cast: Joseph Cotten, Orson Welles, Trevor Howard, Alida Valli
Directed by Sigi Rothemund
Directed by Carol Reed


" CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG "
" THE BLOOD DEMON "
Year of Production: 1968
Year of Production: 1967
Cast: Dick Van Dyke, Sally Ann Howes, Lionel Jeffries, Gert Frobe
Cast: Lex Barker, Christopher Lee, Karin Dor, Carl Lange
Directed by Ken Hughes
Directed by Dr. Harald Reinl


" EMPEROR OF THE NORTH POLE "
" JACK THE RIPPER "
Year of Production: 1973
Year of Production: 1976
Cast: Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Keith Carradine, Charles Tyner
Cast: Klaus Kinski, Josephine Chaplin, Andreas Mannkopff, Herbert Fux
Directed by Robert Aldrich
Directed by Jess Franco


" APPRENTICE TO MURDER "
" SPECIES "
Year of Production: 1988
Year of Production: 1995
Cast: Donald Sutherland, Chad Lowe,
Mia Sara, Knut Husebø
Cast: Ben Kingsley, Michael Madsen, Alfred Molina
Directed by Ralph L. Thomas
Directed by Roger Donaldson


" BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S "
" RISE UP, SPY "
Year of Production: 1961
Year of Production: 1982
Cast: Audrey Hepburn, George Peppard, Patricia Neal, Buddy Ebsen
Cast: Lino Ventura, Michel Piccoli, Bruno Cremer, Bernard Fresson
Directed by Blake Edwards
Directed by Yves Boisset


" BÄCKEREI ZÜRRER "
" OBERSTADTGASS "
Year of Production: 1957
Year of Production: 1956
Cast: Emil Hegetschweiler, Margrit Winter, Peter Brogle, Jürg Grau
Cast: Schaggi Streuli, Margrit Rainer,
Jürg Grau, Emil Hegetschweiler
Directed by Kurt Früh
Directed by Kurt Früh


" ESCAPE FROM ALCATRAZ "
" PRETTY WOMAN "
Year of Production: 1979
Year of Production: 1990
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Patrick McGoohan, Roberts Blossom, Jack Thibeau
Cast: Richard Gere, Julia Roberts,
Ralph Bellamy, Jason Alexander
Directed by Donald Siegel
Directed by Garry Marshall


" THE GOONIES "
" THE BIRDS "
Year of Production: 1985
Year of Production: 1963
Cast: Sean Astin, Corey Feldman,
Josh Brolin, Martha Plimpton
Cast: Tippi Hedren, Rod Taylor,
Jessica Tandy, Suzanne Pleshette
Directed by Richard Donner
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock


" PSYCHO "
" EYE OF THE EAGLE "
Year of Production: 1960
Year of Production: 1997
Cast: Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles, John Gavin
Cast: Nijas Ørnbak-Fjeldmose, Lasse Baunkilde, Lars Lohmann
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Directed by Peter Flinth


" JULES VERNE "
" RV "
1828 - 1905
Year of Production: 2005
"20,000 Leagues Under the Sea"
"Mysterious Island"
Cast: Robin Williams, Cheryl Hines, Joanna Levesque, Jeff Daniels
Inspiration Locations of Jules Verne
Directed by Brian G. Hutton


" THE SECRET INVASION "
" NIAGARA "
Year of Production: 1964
Year of Production: 1953
Cast: Stewart Granger, Raf Vallone,
Mickey Rooney, Edd Byrnes
Cast: Marilyn Monroe, Joseph Cotten, Jean Peters, Casey Adams
Directed by Roger Corman
Directed by Brian G. Hutton


" THE KARATE KID "
" THE DUST FACTORY "
Year of Production: 1984
Year of Production: 2004
Cast: Ralph Macchio, Noriyuki 'Pat' Morita, Elisabeth Shue, Martin Kove
Cast: Armin Mueller-Stahl, Ryan Kelley, Hayden Panettiere, Kim Myers
Directed by John G. Avildsen
Directed by Eric Small


" NEVER CRY WOLF "
" THIS BOY'S LIFE "
Year of Production: 1983
Year of Production: 1993
Cast: Charles Martin Smith,
Brian Dennehy, Zachary Ittimangnaq
Cast: Robert de Niro, Ellen Barkin,
Leonardo DiCaprio, Chris Cooper
Directed by Carroll Ballard
Directed by Michael Caton-Jones


" STAND BY ME "
" FREE WILLY & FREE WILLY 2 "
Year of Production: 1986
Year of Production: 1993 & 1995
Cast: River Phoenix, Wil Wheaton
Corey Feldman, Jerry O'Conell
Cast: Jason James Richter,
Michael Madsen, August Schellenberg
Directed by Rob Reiner
Directed by Simon Wincer


" BACK TO THE FUTURE "
" THE NEVERENDING STORY "
Year of Production: 1985
Year of Production: 1984
Cast: Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Crispin Glover
Cast: Noah Hathaway, Barret Oliver, Tami Stronach, Tilo Prückner, Thomas Hill
Directed by Robert Zemeckis
Directed by Wolfgang Petersen


" THE SHINING "
" THE FOG "
Year of Production: 1980
Year of Production: 1980
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd, Scatman Crothers
Cast: Adrienne Barbeau, Tom Atkins
Jamie Lee Curtis, Janet Leigh
Directed by Stanley Kubrick
Directed by John Carpenter


" THE HITCHER "
" THE DEEP END "
Year of Production: 1986
Year of Production: 2001
Cast: C. Thomas Howell, Rutger Hauer, Jennifer Jason Leigh
Cast: Tilda Swinton, Jonathan Tucker,
Goran Visnjic, Peter Donat
Directed by Robert Harmon
Directed by Scott Mcgehee


" THE NEVERENDING STORY II "
" BEND OF THE RIVER "
Year of Production: 1990
Year of Production: 1952
Cast: Jonathan Brandis, Kenny Morrison, Clarissa Burt, John Wesley Shipp
Cast: James Stewart, Arthur Kennedy,
Julie Adams, Rock Hudson
Directed by George Miller
Directed by Anthony Mann


" FREE WILLY 3 - THE RESCUE "
" DISTANT THUNDER "
Year of Production: 1997
Year of Production: 1988
Cast: Jason James Richter, August Schellenberg, Annie Corley
Cast: Ralph Macchio, John Lithgow, Kerrie Keane, Reb Brown, Janet Margolin
Directed by Sam Pillsbury
Directed by Rick Rosenthal


" THE RING TWO "
" THE SEARCHERS "
Year of Production: 2004
Year of Production: 1956
Cast: Naomi Watts, Simon Baker, David Dorfman, Sissy Spacek
Cast: John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter, Vera Miles, Ward Bond, Natalie Wood
Directed by Hideo Nakata
Directed by John Ford


" DALLAS "
" TWIN PEAKS "
Year of Production: 1978 - 1991
Year of Production: 1990 - 1991
Cast: Larry Hagman, Ken Kercheval, Patrick Duffy, Linda Gray
Cast: Kyle MacLachlan,
Michael Ontkean, Madchen Amick
Directed by various directors
Directed by David Lynch


" THE EIGER SANCTION "
" THE 39 STEPS "
Year of Production: 1975
Year of Production: 1935
Cast: Clint Eastwood, George Kennedy, Vonetta McGee, Jack Cassidy
Cast: Robert Donat, Madeleine Carroll, Lucie Mannheim, Godfrey Tearle
Directed by Clint Eastwood
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock


" THE ALAMO "
" ENTRAPMENT "
Year of Production: 1960
Year of Production: 1999
Cast: John Wayne, Richard Widmark,
Laurence Harvey
Cast: Sean Connery, Catherine
Zeta-Jones, Will Patton
Directed by John Wayne
Directed by Jon Amiel


" HIGHLANDER "
" ON HER MAJESTYS
SECRET SERVICE "
Year of Production: 1986
Year of Production: 1969
Cast: Christopher Lambert,
Roxanne Hart, Sean Connery
Cast: George Lazenby, Diana Rigg,
Telly Savalas, Gabriele Ferzetti
Directed by Russell Mulcahy
Directed by Peter R. Hunt


" REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE "
" THE BOURNE IDENTITY "
Year of Production: 1955
Year of Production: 1988
Cast: James Dean, Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo, Jim Backus, Ann Doran
Cast: Richard Chamberlain, Jaclyn Smith, Anthony Quayle, Donald Moffat
Directed by Nicholas Ray
Directed by Roger Young


" CATCH ME IF YOU CAN "
" VERTIGO "
Year of Production: 2002
Year of Production: 1958
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks,
Christopher Walken, Martin Sheen
Cast: James Stewart, Kim Novak,
Barbara Bel Geddes, Tom Helmore
Directed by Steven Spielberg
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock


" EMIL AND THE DETECTIVE "
" KINDERGARTEN COP "
Year of Production: 2001
Year of Production: 1990
Cast: Tobias Retzlaff, Anja Sommavilla,
Jürgen Vogel, Maria Schrader
Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Penelope Ann Miller, Pamela Reed
Directed by Franziska Buch
Directed by Ivan Reitman


" MIO IN THE LAND OF FARAWAY "
" ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST "
Year of Production: 1987
Year of Production: 1968
Cast: Nick Pickard, Christian Bale, Susannah York, Christopher Lee
Cast: Henry Fonda, Claudia Cardinale, Jason Robards, Charles Bronson
Directed by Vladimir Grammatikov
Directed by Sergio Leone




Many thanks to locationscout and best friend Daniel, for driving me to all these famous and memorable filming locations,
help me find the hidden places and for all the fun that we have together.

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