Where was Murder on the Orient Express (1974) filmed?
1974 film by Sidney Lumet
Murder on the Orient Express (1974) was filmed in Istanbul — 1 recorded filming location in Turkey. It is a filming-location statement on Wikidata, not a guess.
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Filming locations
Also per Wikipedia's Filming section
Wikipedia’s Filming section names 7 more places. A sentence in an article is weaker evidence than a Wikidata statement, so these are listed apart, never mixed into the statement list, and the claim links straight to where it came from.
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🏙 Towns & cities
Paris
🇫🇷 France
capital and most populous city in France
“Exterior shooting was mostly done in France in 1973, with a railway workshop near Paris standing in for Istanbul station.” Wikipedia
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🎬 Studios & sets
Elstree Studios
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
film and television production facility on Shenley Road, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Central Europe
region of Europe
“The scenes of the train proceeding through Central Europe were filmed in the Jura Mountains on the then-recently closed railway line from Pontarlier to Gilley, with the scenes of the train stuck in snow being filmed in a cutting near Montbenoît.” Wikipedia
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Jura Mountains
🇫🇷 France
mountain chain in Switzerland and France
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🏙 Towns & cities
Pontarlier
🇫🇷 France
commune in Doubs, France
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🏙 Towns & cities
Gilley
🇫🇷 France
commune in Doubs, France
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🏙 Towns & cities
Montbenoît
🇫🇷 France
commune in Doubs, France
Recorded only at country level
Wikidata also records this film as shot in Turkey, without saying where. Those statements are true but unmappable — a pin in the middle of a country would claim something nobody wrote — so they are listed here instead of guessed at.
Also shot in these places
- Skyfall 2012
- Argo 2012
- From Russia with Love 1963
- The World Is Not Enough 1999
- Inferno 2016
- Midnight Express 1978
- Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy 2011
- Winter Sleep 2014
- Taken 2 2012
- Topkapi 1964
- Hitman 2007
- Aşk-ı Memnu 2008–2010
Set in the same places
- James Bond 007: Blood Stone
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
- Battlefield 4
- Gran Turismo 4
- Deus Ex
- Hitman: Blood Money
- The Rose of Versailles
- Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness
- Nodame Cantabile
- Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water
- Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow
- Hitman
More filmed in Turkey
- Skyfall 2012
- Argo 2012
- From Russia with Love 1963
- The World Is Not Enough 1999
- Inferno 2016
- Midnight Express 1978
Every filming location in Turkey →
Frequently asked questions
How many filming locations does Murder on the Orient Express have?
1 place recorded on Wikidata, and 7 places named in its Wikipedia article, labelled per Wikipedia, across Turkey.
Which other productions were filmed at the same places?
Skyfall (2012), Argo (2012), From Russia with Love (1963), The World Is Not Enough (1999) and 8 more, each listed on this page.
Where does this information come from?
Filming location statements on Wikidata, plus places named in the production's own Wikipedia article, which are labelled per Wikipedia. Nothing is scraped from listicles and nothing is generated.