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Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001)
Where Lara Croft: Tomb Raider says it takes place, and where it was really shot.
The jungle temple where Lara fights a six-armed statue is real; the tomb under it was built in England, and Siberia was filmed in Iceland.
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Scenes and places
Croft Manor and the ticking clock
Lara survives a robot-run training course in what looks like an Egyptian tomb, then finds a strange clock ticking in a hidden room of her house. She cannot say where it came from, only that it started with the first stage of a planetary alignment.
Set in Croft Manor — Lara's family home, where she lives with her assistant Bryce and her butler Hillary.
An English country house standing in for the Crofts' 83-room family seat.
Filmed at Hatfield House, Hertfordshire (Hertfordshire, Hatfield, United Kingdom) — Used as Croft's home in the film. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The Illuminati meeting in Venice
Manfred Powell faces the Illuminati council as the first day of the alignment passes with the key still missing. He admits he has no explanation, then promises an answer within a week.
Set in Venice — A secret council of the Illuminati meets as the first phase of the planetary alignment begins. Google Maps · Apple Maps
Venice is the Illuminati's meeting place in the story, though the hall is a set of English rooms.
Filmed at Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich (Greenwich, London, United Kingdom) — Wikipedia lists this film among those shot at the college; that the Venice council hall is here rests on a single web summary. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Into Angkor
With her father's letter in hand and fifteen hours to cross the world, Lara arrives in Cambodia to follow the old Khmer trail toward the first half of the Triangle. She knows Powell is racing her there.
Set in Angkor, Cambodia — The ancient Khmer capital where the first half of the Triangle is hidden. Google Maps · Apple Maps
A temple complex of stone towers and forest, built by the Khmer kings.
Filmed at Phnom Bakheng (Phnom Bakheng, Siem Reap, Cambodia) — The hilltop temple with the view over Angkor Wat, named as a Tomb Raider location. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Filmed at Bayon, Angkor Thom (Angkor Thom, Siem Reap, Cambodia) — One travel blog places Lara's Land Rover departure for the temple here; no second source. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The tomb of the Dancing Light
Lara reaches the temple to find Powell and West already working its puzzle with the clock. With seconds left before the alignment, she spots their mistake, bargains the clock out of Powell, and unlocks the first piece of the Triangle. The statues awake, and she must fight a six-armed guardian alone.
Set in Tomb of the Dancing Light — A temple tomb entered through a jasmine, where the first half of the Triangle waits.
A real jungle temple, famous for tree roots growing over its walls.
Filmed at Ta Prohm, Angkor (Ta Prohm, Siem Reap, Cambodia) — The strangler-fig temple where the film's Cambodia scenes were shot on location. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Filmed at Pinewood Studios, 007 Stage (Buckinghamshire, Iver Heath, United Kingdom) — The interior of the tomb and the statue fight were built and shot on a stage. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Powell's offer in Venice
Lara meets Powell in Venice, each holding something the other needs. He offers a partnership to find the whole Triangle and claims her father belonged to the Illuminati. Lara refuses to believe it, but he tempts her with a second chance with her father.
Set in Venice — Powell calls Lara to a meeting in Venice after the temple, to propose a partnership. Google Maps · Apple Maps
The Illuminati's home city in the story.
The dead zone of Siberia
Lara and Bryce travel with Powell, West and the Illuminati to the ruined city, the last stretch overland because helicopters will not fly near it. On arrival the group warns that time is broken here and that the alignment has begun.
Set in Ukok Plateau, Siberia — A ruined city in the Altai highlands where the second half of the Triangle is hidden. Google Maps · Apple Maps
A high plateau on the Russian-Mongolian border, used in the story as the site of a lost city.
Filmed at Breiðamerkurjökull glacier, Iceland (Breiðamerkurjökull, Vatnajökull, Iceland) — The glacier stood in for Siberia. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Filmed at Angkor Wat (Angkor Wat, Siem Reap, Cambodia) — Pond scene at Angkor Wat Google Maps · Apple Maps
Characters
- Lara Croft — An English adventurer who inherits her father's hunt for the two halves of the Triangle of Light.
- Manfred Powell — A lawyer and Illuminati member who needs Lara's clock and her half of the Triangle.
- Alex West — An American adventurer and Lara's rival, hired by Powell.
- Bryce — Lara's technical assistant at the manor.
Questions answered on the map
- Where is the jungle temple from Lara Croft: Tomb Raider really?
- Where was Siberia in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider really filmed?