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Kelly's Heroes (1970)
Where Kelly's Heroes says it takes place, and where it was really shot.
The French town of Clermont, where Kelly's men go for the Nazi gold, was a village in Istria, Croatia
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Scenes and places
Kelly captures a German intelligence colonel (1944)
Private Kelly, a former lieutenant, captures Colonel Dankhopf of Wehrmacht Intelligence. He notices the colonel is carrying gold bars and starts asking questions.
Set in American front line, France, 1944 — The film opens on the U.S. line in France, where Private Kelly takes a German colonel prisoner.
Kelly's men fight through the German lines (1944)
Having talked Big Joe's platoon into the plan, Kelly leads the men out. Their first test is fighting a way through the German lines.
Set in German front line, France — Kelly's men set out to cross the German front line towards the gold.
The bridge that is no longer there (1944)
The bridge Oddball's tanks need to reach Kelly is knocked out by Allied fighter-bombers. Oddball has to call in an engineering unit to build a new one.
Set in A bridge behind the lines, France — A bridge the tanks need to cross is destroyed by Allied fighter-bombers.
On foot into a minefield (1944)
Their jeeps and half-tracks are lost to Allied fighters, so the men walk on. They stumble into a minefield and one man is killed; the rest probe their way out with bayonets.
Set in A minefield, France — With their vehicles destroyed by their own side's aircraft, Kelly's men walk into a minefield.
Oddball's tanks catch up (1944)
Two nights later Oddball's tanks reach Kelly, bringing the extra men he recruited. The small crew is now an armoured column.
Set in Meeting point, France — Oddball's three Shermans finally join Kelly, with extra troops.
Into Clermont (1944)
Kelly's men slip into Clermont and eliminate the German infantry. Oddball's tanks destroy two of the three Tiger tanks guarding the town.
Set in Clermont, France (fictional town) — Kelly's and Oddball's men reach the town that holds the gold.
A hilltop village in Istria whose old town was dressed as a French town.
Filmed at Vižinada, Istria (Istria, Vižinada, Croatia) — The village of Vižinada stood in for Clermont; the source does not say which street the entry scenes were shot on.
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The last Tiger in the square (1944)
Oddball's last tank breaks down, and no one can damage the remaining Tiger. The men are stuck in the square, unable to get at the bank.
Set in Clermont square, France (fictional town) — The last Tiger tank blocks the square in front of the bank.
The square in front of the village church, where the Tiger tank stood in the film.
Filmed at Church square, Vižinada (Istria, Vižinada, Croatia) — A web summary places the Tiger standoff on the church square; the Wikipedia village article only says the village stood in for Clermont, with no exact spot.
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The bank with the gold (1944)
The bank is the whole point of the plan, but its armoured doors are out of reach. With one tank broken and one Tiger standing guard, someone has to find another way in.
Set in Bank in Clermont, France (fictional town) — The heavily fortified bank holds the 14,000 gold bars.
A fictional bank in a fictional French town.
Filmed at Vižinada, Istria (Istria, Vižinada, Croatia) — The village of Vižinada stood in for Clermont; the source gives no specific building for the bank.
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Filmed at Novi Sad, Serbia — Scene not identified in the sources
Filmed at Beočin palace ruins, Serbia — Scene not identified in the sources
Characters
- Kelly — A private, once a lieutenant, who learns where German gold is stored and plans to take it.
- Big Joe — A master sergeant who first refuses to risk his men for money, then goes along.
- Oddball — A hippy tank commander with three Sherman tanks who joins the plan.
Questions answered on the map
- Where was the French town of Clermont in Kelly's Heroes really filmed?