THE GREAT ESCAPE - Filming Locations
THE GREAT ESCAPE - Filming Locations Then and Now
In 1963, Hollywood director John Sturges released The Great Escape, one of the most popular and suspenseful wartime movies.
Now, 60 years later, explore some of the film's filming locations with Wayfinder. From the fictional Stalag Luft III to the actual Great Escape escape site, find out how the movie was made and see what it looks like today!
The Great Escape - Filming Locations Then and Now 60th Anniversary Special is my tribute to this classic WW2 movie.
A firm favourite British Christmas movie, the legendary performances by Richard Attenborough, Donald Pleasence, James Garner, Charles Bronson, James Coburn and the one and only Steve McQueen never fail to bring a family together to enjoy this classic tale.
Most of the exterior scenes were filmed in and around the small Bavarian town of Füssen in the Allgäu region.
Covering 23 filming locations from The Great Escape, this will take you to all the famous locations used in the making of the film and show you what remains and what has changed in the 60 years since its release!
The Great Escape was loosely based upon the real escape attempt from Stalgluft III in Poland on the night of the 24th March 1944. It is to those who undertook this audacious escape attempt and all those Prisoners of War who suffered during WW2.
Locations (all via Google Maps):
Stalagluft III: https://goo.gl/maps/uS5a1EHMdmH6tUtq5
Neustadt Train Station: https://goo.gl/maps/LyiNM5ubZ6zDAVBs9
Sedgewick's Bike Theft: https://goo.gl/maps/UF1qN7aF3ra9kKxP8
Hilts's Trip Wire: https://goo.gl/maps/BWpSzZwBiWPW6Dxx7
Sedgewick's Bike Ride: https://goo.gl/maps/kQyVjvv94cKmoQQ38
Rowing To Freedom: https://goo.gl/maps/aaZiMXk68QY6rYav5
Sedgewick Crossing The Tracks: https://goo.gl/maps/8dJDEmMcWDfp9E9YA
Hilts Approaching a Checkpoint: https://goo.gl/maps/a1wmHKVVg2Qbi2hCA
Hilts Escaping Through The Houses: https://goo.gl/maps/vKxF7jCjm45CSNNJA
Hilts's Barn: https://goo.gl/maps/j3MyGpVXhCVhjNzb6
Hilts At The First swiss border checkpoint:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/YJLaDdSbFgYssS1R9?g_st=ic
The Jump Field: https://goo.gl/maps/9VQnJKq1yd4Ad8bi9
Füssen Train Station: https://goo.gl/maps/qYGwpRHvQZmxqvxr6
Cavandish Stopped At Checkpoint: https://goo.gl/maps/nwh4vJDQsp3SVT1F7
Cafe Suzette: https://goo.gl/maps/vrGerSpbUs88H2gL8
Bus Stop Checkpoint: https://goo.gl/maps/URLUNSuvwBqqh39CA
Running From The Bus Stop: https://goo.gl/maps/ag9xwB8DwJhJ7zV97
Mac Is Captured: https://goo.gl/maps/5vkkZpTYpCMwHvKq7
Rooftop Escape: https://goo.gl/maps/zugfx6Fh6SdfuTft6
Bluffing The Germans: https://goo.gl/maps/hJjAYThXkBggrRRV9
Bartlett Captured: https://goo.gl/maps/KbpyX7y669HUoEDh9
Sedgewick Makes It To Spain: https://goo.gl/maps/nei6Zs1CPBd7js4A7
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