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The Order (2001)

Where The Order says it takes place, and where it was really shot.

A thief hunting his father in Jerusalem, a crusader's lost chapter, and a film whose shooting places are almost all unrecorded

Scenes and places

The crusaders take Jerusalem (1099)

Crusaders sack the city and slaughter its people. A Flemish knight, Charles Le Vaillant, sickens at what he sees and decides to found a new religious order.

Set in Jerusalem — The city at the end of the First Crusade, in 1099. Google Maps · Apple Maps

Jerusalem, the city in which the film's founding story is set; the film opens here in 1099.

The camp on the road to Syria (1099)

Le Vaillant travels toward Syria with his followers. Christian knights attack the camp, and the last chapter of the Order's sacred text, which he buried in a secret place, is lost in the desert.

Set in Camp on the road to Syria — A desert camp on the way to Syria; the film gives no exact place.

A desert stretch of the route to Syria; no specific location is named in the plot.

The Fabergé egg job

In the present day, Rudy Cafmeyer, a thief of historical artifacts, breaks into a high-security building and takes a Fabergé egg. The alarm goes off, he finds no getaway car, and a buyer later falls on the egg and destroys it.

Set in A high-security building — The building Rudy robs; the plot does not say where it is.

A high-security building whose location the plot leaves unnamed.

The key to a safe-deposit box

Rudy flies to Jerusalem after his father is kidnapped. Professor Finley hands him a safe-deposit key before he is shot, and the box holds an ancient map of tunnels beneath the city.

Set in Safe-deposit box in East Jerusalem — Somewhere in East Jerusalem; the plot gives no exact address (coordinates are the city centre). Google Maps · Apple Maps

East Jerusalem, a district of the city; the exact bank or vault is not named.

The deportation that goes wrong

Police chief Ben Ner wants Rudy deported, and Lt. Dalia Barr is told to put him on the plane. She frees him in a staged struggle instead, and he gets away in a stolen ramp-towing vehicle.

Set in Airport (probably Ben Gurion) — The film does not name the airport; Ben Gurion, Israel's main international airport, is an assumption. Google Maps · Apple Maps

An airport in Israel; Ben Gurion is the country's main one.

The chase through the Old City

Rudy, disguised as a Hasidic Jew, runs through the alleys of the Old City, fighting with and fleeing from the Israeli police. The director calls it the film's highlight.

Set in Old City of Jerusalem — The Old City, where the film's best-known chase runs; its place in the sequence is approximate. Google Maps · Apple Maps

Jerusalem's walled Old City, shared by Jewish, Christian, Muslim and Armenian quarters.

Filmed at Old City of Jerusalem — A news report says Jean-Claude Van Damme filmed The Order in the Old City in 2000; no specific street is named. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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The assembly at the monastery

With Avram's help, Rudy and Dalia pose as foreign members of the Order on a pilgrimage. They slip into the monastery during a massive assembly of its members.

Set in The Order's monastery — The monastery of the Order, somewhere in Israel; the plot gives no place.

A monastery in Israel that serves as the Order's seat; no specific site is named.

The catacombs below

Rudy goes down into the catacombs and finds the remaining manuscripts. He also finds his imprisoned father and a large bomb.

Set in The catacombs beneath the monastery — Catacombs below the Order's monastery, in the hills near the Temple Mount; no coordinates exist for them.

Tunnels and catacombs beneath the monastery; the plot ties them to the area under the Temple Mount.

Characters

• Rudy Cafmeyer — A thief and smuggler of historical artifacts who goes to Jerusalem to rescue his father.
• Lt. Dalia Barr — An Israeli police lieutenant told to deport Rudy, who instead helps him.
• Ozzie Cafmeyer — Rudy's father, an archaeologist and museum curator who goes to Israel after a secret.
• Charles Le Vaillant — A Flemish knight in 1099 who founds a new order of Christians, Jews and Muslims.

Questions answered on the map

• Where was the Hasidic-disguise chase in The Order really filmed?
• Where in Jerusalem does Rudy's search for his father lead?