🏞 Landscapes & nature
Crete
island of Greece
🇬🇷 Greece · 35.3097, 24.8933
Crete is recorded as a filming location for 2 productions. Wikipedia names it for 2 more.
“Cretan director Thodoris Papadoulakis convinced Mega Channel to keep Athens out of the filming by having the entire series shot on location in Crete, arguing that Spinalonga recreates a natural setting.”
Movies and TV series filmed at Crete
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Crete as somewhere it was shot, with no matching statement on Wikidata. Weaker evidence than the statements above, so it gets its own list — each production’s own page links the exact section the claim comes from.
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Zorba the Greek
1964
“The film was shot in black and white on location on the Greek island of Crete.” Wikipedia
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Eden Is West
2009
“Filming locations included Hautes-Alpes Seine-et-Marne, Essonne, Paris, and Greece (mostly in Crete).” Wikipedia
Other filming locations in Greece
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Frequently asked questions
What was filmed at Crete?
4 productions are recorded as filmed at Crete, including He Who Must Die (1957), To Nisi (2010–2011) and Zorba the Greek (1964). 2 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.
Which is the best known production filmed at Crete?
He Who Must Die (1957), covered by 13 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.
Where is Crete?
Crete is in Greece, at 35.3097, 24.8933.
Where does this information come from?
Filming location statements on Wikidata, joined to the place's coordinates and Wikipedia article, plus places named in Wikipedia articles, which are labelled per Wikipedia wherever they appear. The photograph is from Wikimedia Commons, Public domain.