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Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
Where Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade says it takes place, and where it was really shot.
Set in Utah, Venice, Austria, Berlin and Hatay, shot across Spain, Jordan, England, Germany and Colorado — and the only Portugal in it is a ship that never left a London studio.
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Scenes and places
The boy scout and the Cross of Coronado (1912)
Young Indy takes a crucifix from a gang of graverobbers and flees on horseback and across a circus train. The chase ends at his home, where the men catch up and take the cross back. Garth, the gang's leader, hands him a fedora before leaving.
Set in Moab, Utah — Young Indy lifts a gold cross from grave robbers in the caves, then flees on horseback and over a circus train to the family home. Google Maps · Apple Maps
Moab sits beside the red-rock country of eastern Utah, where the story places the caves.
Filmed at Arches National Park, Utah — Where part of the film's opening was shot (the source gives the park, not a spot). Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Filmed at Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad, Alamosa, Colorado — The circus train sequence. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Filmed at House in Antonito, Colorado — Used as the Jones family home (pin is the town). Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The freighter off the Portuguese coast (1938)
In 1938 Indy wins the crucifix back from the man who employs the graverobbers, off the Portuguese coast.
Set in Cargo ship off the Portuguese coast — At sea, Indy gets the crucifix back from the employer of the graverobbers.
A set built on gimbals so the whole deck could pitch like a ship in a swell.
Filmed at Elstree Studios, Borehamwood — The steamship fight was filmed in three days on a gimbal-mounted deck built here. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The classroom and Donovan's offer (1938)
Back at his university, Indy learns his father has disappeared while searching for the Holy Grail. Walter Donovan, who financed Henry's search, asks Indy to find both Henry and the Grail.
Set in Indiana Jones's university, USA — Indy lectures, then learns his father has vanished searching for the Holy Grail.
Used for Indiana's college in this film and in Raiders of the Lost Ark.
Filmed at Royal Masonic School, Rickmansworth — Doubled for Indiana's college, as it had in Raiders of the Lost Ark. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The Venice library (1938)
Indy and Marcus Brody arrive in Venice to meet Henry's associate, Dr. Elsa Schneider. She leads them to the library where Henry was last seen.
Set in Library in Venice — Indy and Marcus meet Dr. Elsa Schneider, then find the clue to the knight's tomb in a former church (pin is Venice city centre). Google Maps · Apple Maps
A former church, with columns the film says came back as spoils of war after the sack of Byzantium.
Filmed at San Barnaba, Venice — Exterior of the church that served as the library. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Filmed at Elstree Studios, Borehamwood — Library interior sets. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The catacombs under the library (1938)
Beneath the library, Indy and Elsa discover a catacomb containing an inscribed shield. It reveals that the path to the Grail begins in Alexandretta.
Set in Catacombs beneath the Venice library — Indy and Elsa find a shield that points the way to Alexandretta (pin is Venice city centre). Google Maps · Apple Maps
A studio set built to resemble tunnels beneath old Venice.
Filmed at Elstree Studios, Borehamwood — Catacomb sequences were filmed on studio sets. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The Grand Canal boat chase (1938)
Indy and Elsa are attacked by a mysterious group, the secret Brotherhood of the Cruciform Sword, that protects the Grail. After saving their leader Kazim, Indy learns that Henry is held at Brunwald Castle in Austria.
Set in Grand Canal, Venice — Indy is chased by a mysterious group and ends up fighting their leader Kazim (pin is Venice city centre). Google Maps · Apple Maps
Venice's main waterway, closed to tourists for hours so the crew could film.
Filmed at Grand Canal, Venice — Filmed on 8 August, 7 am to 1 pm, with the canal sealed off. The source gives no spot, so the pin is Venice city centre. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Filmed at Port of Tilbury, Essex — Another portion of the boat chase, filmed at Tilbury Docks. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Filmed at Elstree Studios, Borehamwood — The propeller fight was filmed in a water tank here. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Brunwald Castle (1938)
Indy and Elsa infiltrate the castle, which turns out to be under Nazi control. Indy finds Henry, but has to surrender when Elsa is held at gunpoint, and Elsa reveals she and Donovan work with the Nazis.
Set in Brunwald Castle, Austria — Indy and Elsa infiltrate a castle under Nazi control and find Henry.
The castle in the story stands on the Austrian-German border; the real one is in the Eifel region.
Filmed at Bürresheim Castle, near Mayen — Castle exteriors; the image was flipped and widened with a matte painting. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Filmed at Elstree Studios, Borehamwood — Castle interiors, filmed 5 to 10 June 1988. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Marcus in Alexandretta (1938)
Marcus Brody reaches Alexandretta, where he is supposed to meet Sallah, but is captured by the Nazis there.
Set in Alexandretta (Iskenderun) — Marcus Brody arrives to meet Sallah and is captured by the Nazis (pin is the modern city). Google Maps · Apple Maps
The modern city of Iskenderun stands on the site of Alexandretta, which the Crusaders besieged.
Filmed at Guadix railway station, Granada — Last day of the Spanish shoot, filming Brody's capture. The crew built a mosque nearby for atmosphere. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The Berlin book burning (1938)
Indy and Henry travel to Berlin, where Indy retrieves the diary during a book burning rally hosted by Adolf Hitler.
Set in Berlin — A Nazi rally where Indy retrieves his father's diary (pin is Berlin city centre). Google Maps · Apple Maps
Berlin is the capital of Germany; the film's rally was staged on an English estate.
Filmed at Stowe School, Buckinghamshire — Night shoots on 25 and 26 July 1988 for the Nazi rally. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The Berlin airport (1938)
After the rally, Indy and Henry head for the first flight out of Germany.
Set in Berlin Tempelhof Airport — Indy and Henry look for the first flight out of Germany. Google Maps · Apple Maps
Tempelhof was Berlin's city-centre airport, built in the 1920s and expanded in the 1930s.
Filmed at Administration Building, Treasure Island, San Francisco — Exterior shot of the building that served as the "Berlin Airport". Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The Sultan of Hatay's palace (1938)
Indy and Henry arrive in Hatay, where Sallah tells them the Nazis have also come there using the map.
Set in Sultan of Hatay's palace — Indy and Henry reach Hatay, where Sallah tells them the Nazis are ahead (pin is Hatay Province). Google Maps · Apple Maps
Hatay is the Mediterranean province that includes Alexandretta.
Filmed at Escuela de Arte de Almería — Where the scenes in the Sultan of Hatay's palace were filmed. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The desert convoy chase (1938)
Henry is captured trying to rescue Marcus, so Indy attacks the Nazi convoy. With help from Henry and Marcus he destroys it and sends Vogel and his tank over a cliff.
Set in Desert near Hatay — Indy attacks the Nazi convoy to rescue Marcus (pin is Hatay Province). Google Maps · Apple Maps
Southern Spain's Tabernas is Europe's best-known desert film location.
Filmed at Tabernas Desert, Almería — Principal photography began here on 16 May 1988 (pin is the desert's centre). Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The temple of the Grail (1938)
Indy, Henry, Marcus and Sallah proceed to the temple that holds the Grail. They watch the Nazis try to get past the temple's traps before they are all captured.
Set in Temple of the Grail, Canyon of the Crescent Moon — The hidden temple at the end of the map, guarded by three trials.
A rock-cut temple in the Jordanian desert; the Treasury also appeared in Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger.
Filmed at Al Khazneh (The Treasury), Petra — Exterior of the temple housing the Grail; filmed after Venice, with the crew guests of King Hussein. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Filmed at Elstree Studios, Borehamwood — Temple interiors, filmed 20 to 22 July 1988 on a set that took six weeks to build. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Filmed at Playa de Mónsul, Cabo de Gata-Níjar Natural Park — Plane and birds, beach sequence Google Maps · Apple Maps
Filmed at North Weald Airfield, Essex — Indiana leaves for Venice Google Maps · Apple Maps
Characters
- Indiana Jones — An archaeologist who goes looking for his missing father.
- Henry Jones Sr. — Indy's father, a medieval-literature scholar who has been searching for the Holy Grail.
- Elsa Schneider — A scholar who works with Henry and meets Indy in Venice.