The Mountains
when polanski is on the roof of the castle, in the backround there are painted matts with mountains and forests. is it me and my weirdness or does it take anyone else's breath away?
shareNo, it's not just you. Everytime I watch this movie I put my DVD on still and enjoy this sight. I love this scenery.
shareIt got me too!
shareJust another small piece of many (too many to mention!) why I love this movie, especially after seeing that bag of equipment go rolling waaaay down that snowy cliff! I guess people who gripe and rag on this great movie just can't appreciate such subtle beautiful nuance.
shareThis film was beautifully filmed, it was respledant. Does someone know where it was filmed, if the castle interiours were authentic or simply fantastic sets?
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Not so sure but I read somwhere the castle was actually build in London - Shepperton or Pinewood Studios.
sharethe interior is a set in a real castle i think and it is the same castle in Where Eagles Dare. Which is interesting because Count Von Krolak is a Nazi general in that film and is in the same room where his library is in the FVK. I think i heard that particular room is opened for tourists.
shareNo, there was no "real castle." It was all sets and matte shots, even the exterior of the castle when they enter and escape was a set. I'm not sure that the same set was used in WHERE EAGLES DARE either. I have both movies on DVD and they don't look the same to me.
shareBoth films were made at MGM Borehamwood so I guess it's possible elements from the Vampire Killers set were reused for Eagles two years later (Ferdy Mayne certainly looks at home in both).
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