Maps of Movies
From Russia with Love (1963)
Where From Russia with Love says it takes place, and where it was really shot.
The Istanbul everyone remembers was half real: a cistern, a mosque and a station in Turkey, but the camp, the train and the hotel were built in England.
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Scenes and places
SPECTRE's chess match and the plan to trap Bond (1963)
Chess grandmaster Kronsteen wins a match in under two minutes, then presents SPECTRE's chairman with his real game: lure Bond into a trap using a Soviet decoding machine as bait. The British, he argues, will treat an obvious trap as a challenge.
Set in SPECTRE Island — The villains' island base, where a chess champion presents the plan to lure Bond into a trap.
A fictional island headquarters, built as a studio set.
Filmed at Pinewood Studios, Buckinghamshire — The chess hall and SPECTRE Island sets were built and filmed here. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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M briefs Bond in London (1963)
Bond is called in to see M and learns that a Soviet cipher clerk has asked for him by name and will hand over a Lektor decoding machine. M suspects a trap but decides to honour the request. Q Branch equips Bond with a special briefcase before he flies out.
Set in MI6 office, London — M tells Bond that a Soviet cipher clerk has offered to defect with a Lektor if Bond comes to fetch her.
The London headquarters of the British secret service, in the film a studio set.
Filmed at Pinewood Studios, Buckinghamshire — The London MI6 office interior was a Pinewood set. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Under the Russian consulate (1963)
Bond and Kerim Bey take a boat through a flooded old reservoir that runs under the Russian consulate. From below they watch the Soviet officers in the conference room and identify the killer Krilencu, a Bulgarian who has just returned to Istanbul.
Set in Cistern beneath the Soviet consulate, Istanbul — Kerim Bey takes Bond through a tunnel into an old reservoir under the consulate and spies on it through a periscope.
In the film, Kerim Bey calls it an old reservoir built about 1,600 years ago.
Filmed at Basilica Cistern — The underground reservoir scenes were filmed in the real cistern. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The Roma camp and the girl fight (1963)
Bond and Kerim Bey hide among Kerim's Roma friends while the Russians hunt Bond. The visit coincides with a fight between two girls over the chief's son, and an attack on the camp by Krilencu's Bulgarians turns the night into a gunfight.
Set in Roma camp, Istanbul — Kerim Bey takes Bond to his Roma friends, where two girls fight over one man while Krilencu's men attack the camp.
A fictional camp set, planned at a real camp near Topkapi Palace and rebuilt at a studio instead.
Filmed at Pinewood Studios, Buckinghamshire (replica camp) — The camp was a replica built at Pinewood. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The meeting at Hagia Sophia (1963)
Bond goes to Hagia Sophia, where a tourist guide's talk fills the hall, and finds a man dead there. Tatiana had told him to come as a tourist after agreeing to help with the Lektor.
Set in Hagia Sophia, Istanbul — Tatiana tells Bond to meet her at the Hagia Sophia, posing as tourists. Google Maps · Apple Maps
In the film a guide describes its red porphyry columns and the famous wishing column.
Filmed at Hagia Sophia — Filmed in the real building. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Leaving Istanbul by train (1963)
After stealing the Lektor from the consulate, Bond, Tatiana and Kerim Bey slip out of Istanbul by train, hoping to leave Soviet reach.
Set in Sirkeci Station, Istanbul — With the Lektor in hand, Bond, Tatiana and Kerim Bey leave Istanbul aboard the Orient Express. Google Maps · Apple Maps
Istanbul's historic European terminus of the Orient Express.
Filmed at Sirkeci railway station — The Istanbul station used in the film. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Aboard the Orient Express (1963)
Bond and Tatiana travel as a couple, Mr. and Mrs. Somerset. A Soviet security man named Benz watches the stations from the train, and Kerim Bey and Bond deal with him while Bond waits for the rendezvous.
Set in Orient Express — Bond and Tatiana pose as a married English couple while Kerim Bey plans to stop the train near the border.
A famous long-distance night train; in the film, mostly built as a studio set.
Filmed at Pinewood Studios (train interiors) — Train interiors were sets at Pinewood. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Filmed at Argyll, Scotland (train exteriors) — Exterior train and truck footage was shot in Argyll and in Switzerland. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Belgrade and Zagreb stops (1963)
The train pulls into Belgrade, where Bond meets one of Kerim Bey's sons and is told to rendezvous with a British agent named Nash at Zagreb.
Set in Belgrade and Zagreb stations, Yugoslavia — The train stops in Belgrade, where Bond learns he must meet a British agent in Zagreb.
Two Yugoslav stops on the journey, filmed at the Istanbul station.
Filmed at Sirkeci railway station — The Istanbul station doubled for the Belgrade and Zagreb stations. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Helicopter and boat chase (1963)
Bond and Tatiana leave the train in Istria and race through the countryside with SPECTRE agents on their tail. A helicopter and then speedboats attack them before they reach safety.
Set in Istria, Yugoslavia — Bond and Tatiana leave the train in Istria and run from SPECTRE helicopters and boats.
A peninsula that the film places in Yugoslavia, but the scenes were shot in Scotland.
Filmed at Argyll, Scotland (Kilmichael hills and Crinan coast) — The helicopter chase and boat chase were filmed in Argyll, not Yugoslavia; the point shown is Crinan. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The Venice hotel (1963)
After the escape, Bond and Tatiana rest in a Venice hotel while SPECTRE orders Klebb to recover the Lektor.
Set in Venice — Bond and Tatiana rest in a Venice hotel while SPECTRE's Klebb is ordered to recover the Lektor. Google Maps · Apple Maps
A canal city that stands for the film's last stop.
Filmed at Pinewood Studios, Buckinghamshire (hotel room) — The Venice hotel interior was filmed at Pinewood. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Filmed at Venice — The film's last scenes were reported shot in Venice; sources disagree on whether the final scene used a screen projection. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Filmed at Pinewood Studios, Buckinghamshire (pre-title garden) — Pre-credits garden chase in which a man in a Bond mask is stalked Google Maps · Apple Maps
Filmed at Sultan Ahmed Mosque (Blue Mosque) — Istanbul city views Google Maps · Apple Maps
Filmed at Grand Bazaar — Istanbul city views Google Maps · Apple Maps
Filmed at Topkapı Palace — Istanbul city views Google Maps · Apple Maps
Filmed at Maiden's Tower (Bosphorus) — Bosphorus backdrop Google Maps · Apple Maps
Characters
- James Bond — MI6 agent sent to Istanbul to bring back a defecting Soviet clerk and a Lektor decoding machine.
- Tatiana Romanova — A cipher clerk at the Soviet consulate in Istanbul who has asked to defect to the West.
- Ali Kerim Bey — Head of MI6's branch in Istanbul, who works alongside Bond.
- Rosa Klebb — SPECTRE operative and former head of SMERSH, assigned to oversee the plan.