Landscapes & nature
Crete
island of Greece
Greece · 35.3097, 24.8933
Crete is recorded as a filming location for 3 productions. Wikipedia names it for 15 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.
- Patton 1970
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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
- The Hunting Party 2007
- How to Have Sex 2023
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Summer Lovers
1982
“Scenes were also filmed on the islands of Crete, Delos, and Mykonos.” Wikipedia
- The Two Faces of January 2014
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Eden Is West
2009
“Filming locations included Hautes-Alpes Seine-et-Marne, Essonne, Paris, and Greece (mostly in Crete).” Wikipedia
- Tsatsiki, morsan och polisen 1999
- El Greco 2007
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Yabancı Damat
2004–
“The episodes are shot in Bodrum, Gaziantep, Istanbul in Turkey and on the Greek Islands of Symi, Santorini, Crete and in Athens.” Wikipedia
- The Moon-Spinners 1964
- God Loves Caviar 2012
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Killer Heat
2024
“Filming locations include the Greek island of Crete.” Wikipedia
- Who Pays the Ferryman? 1977–
- The 11th Day: Crete 1941 2005
Drawn from this place
Video games whose Japanese Wikipedia article names Crete as a real place their setting was modelled on. Nothing was filmed here and no story happens here: somebody drew it from here. That is the weakest claim this atlas makes about a place, which is why it sits under its own heading, and each production’s page links the article the claim came from.
Filming locations nearby
Frequently asked questions
What was filmed at Crete?
18 productions are recorded as filmed at Crete, including He Who Must Die (1957), My Grandfather's People (2011) and To Nisi (2010–2011). 15 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 14 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.
Where is Crete?
Crete is in Greece. Its coordinates are 35.3097, 24.8933.
What other filming locations are near Crete?
Heraklion (22 km east), all within 40 km and listed on this page with photographs.
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, by Lapplaender, CC BY-SA 3.0 de.