Originally Posted by christoph404

That was a fascinating piece by Stephen Pickard, thanks for sharing that with us! WED is on of my favourite films, has the fan website been mentioned? Where Eagles Dare - the unofficial homepage Last winter I took two days out from my Austrian Ski Holiday and accompanied by my brother we took the train to Salzburg then to Werfen where much location filming took place and is of course where the real Castle is that is used in the film. We wondered about the village and rail station with big stupid grins on our faces spotting many of the scenes and camera angles used in the film, good fun! We walked up to the castle which is used as a Falconry centre so certainly living up to its title of "Castle of The Eagles" There is no cable car at the real castle, a steep path gets you up there, another location was used for cable car scenes and the illusion of the cable car leading to the castle was done by a combination of studio and process shots as already very well explained by Stephen. The Where Eagles dare website is well worth a look and goes into every detail and nuance of the film via a forum and message board similar to what we have here on BritMovie