3 real historical locations · Austria, Germany
Richard Burton and Clint Eastwood in a 1968 action classic in which Allied commandos storm an impregnable Alpine castle to rescue an American general — only for nothing to be quite as it seems. Pure entertainment, spectacularly executed, and one of the great WWII adventure films.
CinemaMapped has mapped 3 real historical locations where the story takes place, spanning Austria, Germany.
Allied agents infiltrate a seemingly impregnable Alpine fortress castle to rescue an American general.
Hohenwerfen Castle in Austria served as the primary filming location. Alpine fortresses like this were used by the SS as headquarters, prison camps, and intelligence centres throughout the war. Many mountain redoubt m...
View location →The actual castle used as the film's Schloss Adler — perched on its 623-metre rock above the Salzach valley.
Hohenwerfen Castle was built in 1077 and served as an SS officer training school during World War II. The Eastwood-Burton film was shot here in 1968 with a specially constructed cable car for the production.
View location →Smith and Schaffer's escape route leads toward Innsbruck, where the German military presence offers both cover and danger.
Innsbruck was the capital of the German Reichsgau Tirol-Vorarlberg and a major transit hub for German forces in the Alps. Its train station was a junction on escape routes toward Switzerland and the Italian front.
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