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The Day of the Jackal (1973)
Where The Day of the Jackal says it takes place, and where it was really shot.
The Élysée courtyard in the opening is not the Élysée, and the Paris square of the finale is one the police closed for a weekend
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The Élysée courtyard that is really the National Archives
The film opens on the 22 August attempt on de Gaulle's life, which fails and leaves him unharmed. The far-right OAS decides it needs a new plan and a professional killer.
Set in Élysée Palace courtyard, Paris — The film opens with the 22 August attempt on de Gaulle, set in the Élysée Palace courtyard.
A grand early-18th-century palace in the Marais that houses the French National Archives; the Élysée is built from the same era but is far more guarded.
Filmed at Hôtel de Soubise (Archives nationales), 60 rue des Francs-Bourgeois, Paris 3 (Marais · Rue des Francs-Bourgeois, Paris, France) — Filmed here, standing in for the Élysée courtyard. Google Maps · Apple Maps
How to get there: The Archives nationales buildings are in the Marais, 3rd arrondissement.
The OAS meets in a Vienna pension
Hiding in Austria, the OAS leaders review dossiers on possible assassins and settle on an Englishman. He is to arrive that same afternoon.
Set in Pension Kleist, Vienna (fictional) — The OAS leaders in hiding choose the Jackal as their assassin and wait for him to arrive.
Vienna's big public park, home of the Wiener Riesenrad; here it stands in for a secret pension.
Filmed at Prater Park, Vienna (Prater, Vienna, Austria) — Used for the rendezvous with the OAS heads at the invented "Pension Kleist". Google Maps · Apple Maps
How to get there: The Prater is a large park in Vienna's Leopoldstadt, reachable by U-Bahn.
The Jackal gets a dead man's birth certificate
To build a false identity, the Jackal gets hold of a birth certificate for one Paul Oliver Duggan. It is the first name he will travel under.
Set in Somerset House, London — The Jackal obtains a birth certificate in the name of Paul Oliver Duggan. Google Maps · Apple Maps
A large neoclassical building on the Strand that once housed the registry of births, marriages and deaths.
Filmed at Somerset House, Strand, London (Strand, London, United Kingdom) — Filmed here for the scene where the Jackal obtains a birth certificate. Google Maps · Apple Maps
How to get there: Somerset House stands on the Strand, close to Temple and Covent Garden.
Wolenski's trips to the Rome post office
French security men track Viktor Wolenski, the one link between the hiding OAS leaders and the outside world. He goes to the post office each morning and afternoon.
Set in Central Post Office, Rome — French agents watch Wolenski, the OAS's chief clerk, who visits the post office every day. Google Maps · Apple Maps
A busy square in central Rome, home of the city's central post office.
Filmed at Piazza San Silvestro, Rome (Piazza San Silvestro, Rome, Italy) — Filmed at the real central Post Office. Google Maps · Apple Maps
How to get there: The square is in central Rome, between Via del Corso and Via del Tritone.
The kidnapping of Wolenski
French intelligence snatch Wolenski off the Rome street. What he reveals under questioning gives the French the code word "Jackal".
Set in Street in Rome (Via di Panico) — French intelligence kidnap Wolenski in Rome.
A narrow street in central Rome.
A custom rifle and false papers in Genoa
The Jackal specifies a lightweight rifle with a short barrel, a silencer and a telescopic sight. He also buys false papers, so that every step of the plan has a paper trail that is not his.
Set in Genoa — The Jackal orders a custom single-shot rifle from a gunsmith and buys fake identity papers from a forger. Google Maps · Apple Maps
Italy's biggest port, on the Ligurian coast, with a dense old town and many railway arches.
Filmed at Via Stefano Dondero, Genoa (garage under a railway line) (Liguria, Genoa, Italy) — Filmed in a garage under a railway line; the coordinate is the city of Genoa, not the street. Google Maps · Apple Maps
How to get there: Genoa is a port city on the Ligurian coast.
The secret meeting at the Ministry of the Interior
The Interior Minister gathers the top security men. Lebel is given the case under strict secrecy, with special emergency powers, while de Gaulle insists on keeping his public schedule.
Set in Ministry of the Interior, Paris — The Interior Minister convenes top security officials, and Commissioner Berthier recommends Claude Lebel to lead the investigation. Google Maps · Apple Maps
The 18th-century palace that houses France's Ministry of the Interior.
Filmed at Hôtel de Beauveau, Place Beauvau, Paris 8 (Place Beauvau, Paris, France) — Filmed inside the real Ministry of the Interior. Google Maps · Apple Maps
How to get there: The ministry occupies the Hôtel de Beauvau on Place Beauvau, near the Élysée.
The Jackal reads Le Figaro at the British Museum
In London the Jackal reads a French paper, keeping watch on the target's country from a distance.
Set in British Museum, London — The Jackal reads Le Figaro in London. Google Maps · Apple Maps
Britain's national museum of world history, in Bloomsbury.
Filmed at British Museum, Great Russell Street, London (Bloomsbury, London, United Kingdom) — Filmed here for the scene of the Jackal reading Le Figaro. Google Maps · Apple Maps
How to get there: On Great Russell Street in Bloomsbury; entry to the museum is free.
British police on the Jackal's trail
Lebel is told by British Special Branch that a man named Charles Harold Calthrop may be travelling under an alias. The French now have a name to chase.
Set in Scotland Yard, London — Special Branch tells Lebel that a British national, Charles Harold Calthrop, may be connected to the plot.
A road along the north bank of the Thames in Westminster.
Filmed at Victoria Embankment, Westminster, London (Westminster, London, United Kingdom) — Table lists Victoria Embankment (and Scotland Yard) for the UK police scenes. Google Maps · Apple Maps
How to get there: Victoria Embankment runs along the Thames beside Scotland Yard's former site.
The Negresco hotel in Nice
The Jackal finds out the police are onto him but decides to go on. He narrowly evades Lebel and his team on the Riviera.
Set in Hotel Negresco, Nice — The Jackal learns that his cover is blown. Google Maps · Apple Maps
A landmark 1913 seafront hotel on Nice's Promenade des Anglais, known for its pink dome.
Filmed at Hotel Negresco, 37 Promenade des Anglais, Nice (Promenade des Anglais, Nice, France) — Filmed here for the scene where the Jackal learns his cover is blown. Google Maps · Apple Maps
How to get there: On the seafront Promenade des Anglais.
The hotel where the Jackal meets Colette
At a hotel the Jackal charms Colette de Montpellier, a wealthy woman. A casual encounter that will turn out to matter a great deal later.
Set in Hotel near Grasse, Riviera — The Jackal meets and seduces the aristocratic Colette de Montpellier at a hotel. Google Maps · Apple Maps
A village high in the hills of the Var, nicknamed the village in the sky.
Filmed at La Bastide de Tourtour, Tourtour, Var (Var, Tourtour, France) — Filmed at the hotel where the Jackal meets Colette; coordinate is the village. Google Maps · Apple Maps
How to get there: A hilltop village in the Var, inland from the Riviera.
Madame de Montpellier's country house
Having survived a car collision, the Jackal takes refuge at Colette's country house. There he learns the police have already questioned her.
Set in Madame de Montpellier's chateau — After a car collision the Jackal flees to Colette de Montpellier's country estate. Google Maps · Apple Maps
A French chateau in the Essonne south of Paris with its own film-location history.
Filmed at Château du Saussay, Ballancourt-sur-Essonne (Essonne, Ballancourt-sur-Essonne, France) — Filmed here as Colette de Montpellier's chateau. Google Maps · Apple Maps
How to get there: South of Paris in the Essonne; a private estate.
The train to Paris, at a station dressed up as Tulle
With dyed hair and spectacles, the Jackal becomes a Danish schoolteacher and takes the train to Paris. The police still hunt a man who no longer looks like their description.
Set in Tulle railway station (fictional setting) — Disguised as a Danish schoolteacher named Per Lundquist, the Jackal boards a train for Paris.
A small Alpine railway junction town.
Filmed at Veynes station, Hautes-Alpes (Corrèze, Tulle, France) — Filmed here, dressed as Tulle station. Google Maps · Apple Maps
How to get there: Veynes is a railway junction town in the Hautes-Alpes.
The Liberation Day parade on the Champs-Élysées
Lebel has predicted the Jackal will strike at the Liberation Day ceremony. The real Bastille Day parade, filmed with hidden cameras, gives the sequence its documentary feel; some in the crowd mistook the actors for real police.
Set in Champs-Élysées, Paris — The Liberation Day military ceremony in Paris, which Lebel predicted would be the Jackal's chance. Google Maps · Apple Maps
Paris's grand avenue, where the national 14 July military parade takes place.
Filmed at Champs-Élysées, Paris 8 (Champs-Élysées, Paris, France) — Shot during the real 14 July military parade, with permission for hand-held cameras inside police lines. Google Maps · Apple Maps
How to get there: The avenue runs between the Arc de Triomphe and the Place de la Concorde.
The Paris square of the final sequence
Everything the Jackal has prepared leads to one square in Paris. Lebel races the clock to stop him.
Set in Paris square (final assassination sequence) — The last assassination sequence takes place in a Paris square.
A square in Paris's 6th arrondissement next to the Montparnasse area.
Characters
- The Jackal — An apolitical British assassin hired by the OAS to kill President de Gaulle for a $500,000 fee.
- Claude Lebel — The deputy police commissioner given special powers to lead the secret investigation.
Questions answered on the map
- Is the Élysée Palace in The Day of the Jackal really the Élysée?
- Where was the Liberation Day parade in The Day of the Jackal really filmed?