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/YJLaDdSbFgYss...

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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