1 real historical location · 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 1 real historical location where the story takes place, spanning 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...
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