{"id":20087,"date":"2017-02-24T23:55:54","date_gmt":"2017-02-24T22:55:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/italybyevents.com\/en\/abruzzo\/film-girati-in-abruzzo\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T17:29:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T15:29:39","slug":"movies-shooted-abruzzo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.italybyevents.com\/en\/movies-shooted-abruzzo","title":{"rendered":"Movies shot in Abruzzo"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thanks to its landscape variety and the perfect preservation of many historical villages, Abruzzo<\/strong> has been chosen as a perfect setting for a lot of movies since a long time ago.<\/p>\n

Among movies filmed in Abruzzo, some international ones:
\nLadyHawke<\/strong><\/a> starring a gorgeus Michelle Pfeiffer<\/strong><\/a> (Rocca Calascio e Campo Imperatore – 1985);
\nKing David<\/strong><\/a> by Bruce Beresford<\/strong><\/a> starring \u00a0Richard Gere<\/strong><\/a> (Campo Imperatore – 1985);
\nThe name of the Rose<\/strong><\/a> by Jean Jaques Annaud<\/strong><\/a> starring Sean Connery<\/strong><\/a> (Campo Imperatore 1986);
\nThe Bride’s Journey<\/b><\/a>\u00a0(Il viaggio della sposa<\/b><\/i>) by\u00a0Sergio Rubini<\/strong><\/a> (Campo Felice – Lucoli – 1997)
\nThe American<\/strong><\/a>, starring George Clooney<\/strong><\/a> (Sulmona, Castel del Monte – 2010)<\/p>\n

and many Italian fanous movies:
\nIl ritorno di Don Camillo<\/strong><\/a> (Don Camillo is back – partially shooted in Rocca di Cambio – 1953)
\nLa strada<\/a> (The Road)<\/strong> by Federico Fellini<\/strong><\/a> (Ovindoli and Rocca di Mezzo – 1954);
\nThe wolves<\/a> (Uomini e Lupi)<\/strong> starring Silvana Mangano<\/a> and Yves Montand<\/a><\/strong> (Scanno and Pescasseroli – 1957);
\nSerafino<\/strong><\/a> by Pietro Germi<\/strong> starring Adriano Celentano<\/strong><\/a> (1968);
\nthe Italian western<\/strong> They Call Me Trinity<\/a> (Lo chiamavano Trinit\u00e0)<\/strong> and Trinity is Still My Name<\/a> (…continuavano a chiamarlo Trinit\u00e0) <\/strong>starring Bud Spencer<\/a><\/strong>andTerence Hill <\/a><\/strong>(Campo Imperatore – 1970 e 1971);
\nMilarepa<\/strong><\/a> by Liliana Cavani<\/strong><\/a> (Corfinio e Raiano – 1974);
\nThe Desert of the Tartars<\/a> (Il<\/strong> Deserto dei Tartari)<\/strong> starring Vittorio Gassman<\/a><\/strong> and Philippe Noiret<\/a><\/strong> (Campo Imperatore – 1976);
\nIl cappotto di legno<\/strong> by Gianni Manera<\/strong> (Celano -1981);
\nThe Mass is Ended<\/a> (La messa \u00e8 finita)<\/strong> by Nanni Moretti<\/strong><\/a> (Barrea – 1985);
\nParenti Serpenti<\/strong><\/a> (known also as Dearest Relatives, Poisonous Relations<\/i>) by Mario Monicelli<\/strong><\/a> (1992, Sulmona)
\nA pure formality<\/strong><\/a> (Una pura formalit\u00e0) by Giuseppe Tornatore<\/strong><\/a>, starring G\u00e9rard Depardieu<\/strong><\/a> and Roman Polansky<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0 (Santo Stefano di Sessanio – 1994)
\nLa Guerra degli Ant\u00f2<\/strong> by Riccardo Milani<\/strong><\/a> (Pescara and Montesilvano – 1999);
\nBreads and Tulips<\/a> (Pane e Tulipani)<\/strong> by Silvio Soldini<\/strong><\/a> (Pescara – 2000);
\n…and many more…<\/p>\n