The Great Escape Filming Locations

The Great Escape filming locations

Where was The Great Escape filmed? The Great Escape was filmed in 25 locations across Germany in the following places:

The Great Escape Filming Locations

The Great Escape : airbase
Penzing, Bavaria, Germany ( airbase )

Penzing is a municipality in the district of Landsberg in Bavaria in Germany.

Mariahilfer Straße, Speiden, Bavaria, Germany ( Cavendish is captured )

The Great Escape : Sedgewick arrives in Spain
Schwansee Park, Schwangau, Bavaria, Germany ( Sedgewick arrives in Spain )

The Great Escape : interior scenes of the camp; interior scenes of the tunnels; interior train and airplane scenes; interior scenes of the S.S. headquarters
Bavaria Studios, Stage 4/5, Bavariafilmplatz 7, Grünwald, Bavaria, Germany ( interior scenes of the camp; interior scenes of the tunnels; interior train and airplane scenes; interior scenes of the S.S. headquarters )

Germany

Germany is a Western European country with a landscape of forests, rivers, mountain ranges and North Sea beaches. It has over 2 millennia of history. Berlin, its capital, is home to art and nightlife scenes, the Brandenburg Gate and many sites relating to WWII. Munich is known for its Oktoberfest and beer halls, including the 16th-century Hofbräuhaus. Frankfurt, with its skyscrapers, houses the European Central Bank.

The Great Escape (1963)
Runtime: 172 minutes
Rating: 8.2
Release year: 1963
IMDB: tt0057115
Plot summary

Allied prisoners of war plan for several hundred of their number to escape from a German camp during World War II.

Genres
Adventure
Drama
Thriller
Cast
Steve McQueen
James Garner
Richard Attenborough
James Donald
Directors
John Sturges
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The Great Escape filming locations