1963 · Connery · dir. Terence Young
From Russia with Love
A defecting cipher clerk, a decoding machine, and a very long train ride out of Istanbul.
11 locations3 countries9,162 km between them, in screen order3 playing somewhere else
- 01Hagia SophiaBond waits under the vast dome to collect the decoder plans, while a man shadowing him is silently killed behind a pillar.Istanbul, TürkiyePinpoint📷 Photo spot
- 02Basilica Cistern (Yerebatan Sarnıcı)Kerim Bey rows Bond through a flooded Byzantine reservoir to a periscope that looks straight up into the Soviet consulate.Istanbul, TürkiyePinpoint📷 Photo spot
- 03Sirkeci railway stationBond and Tatiana board the Orient Express with the stolen machine, and everyone on the platform seems to be watching them.Istanbul, TürkiyePinpoint📷 Photo spot
- 04Crinan and Loch CraignishSPECTRE speedboats chase Bond's launch until he dumps the fuel drums overboard and sets the water on fire.Argyll, United KingdomOn screen: The Adriatic coastVicinity📷 Photo spot
- 05Leckuary HillsBond runs across open moorland while a helicopter swoops down to drop grenades on him.near Kilmartin, Argyll, United KingdomOn screen: The BalkansVicinity
- 06Grand Canal and St Mark's BasinThe final shot: a gondola, a canal and a reel of compromising film tossed into the water.Venice, ItalyVicinity
- 07Heatherden Hall gardens, PinewoodSPECTRE Island, where an assassin trains among the hedges and statues and recruits are used as live targets.Iver Heath, United KingdomOn screen: SPECTRE IslandStudio
- 08Grand Bazaar (Kapalı Çarşı)Bond's ally runs his station from a hidden office deep in a maze of covered alleys.Beyazıt, Istanbul, TürkiyeVicinity📷 Photo spot
- 09Halaskargazi Caddesi by Şişli MosqueA grand street front with a mosque behind it plays the outside of the Soviet consulate.Şişli, Istanbul, TürkiyeOn screen: The Soviet consulateVicinity
- 10KalenderhaneAn assassin climbs out of a hatch hidden in a giant film poster, straight into a marksman's sights.Fatih, Istanbul, TürkiyeVicinity
- 11Lunga House pier, CraobhBond and the defector board a small boat after leaving the train behind, heading for the last leg of the escape.Argyll, United KingdomOn screen: The Adriatic coastVicinity