Dateline: September 1974 The Eiger Sanction 50 Years ago…
It’s hard to believe that principal filming on The Eiger Sanction wrapped up 50 years ago this month.
Principal photography began on August 12, 1974, in Grindelwald, Switzerland, with a team of climbing experts and advisers from the United States, Canada, Germany, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. After 5 weeks at the Eiger, the production unit travelled to Zürich to film the opening scenes of the film around the area of the Grossmünster cathedral and the Limmat River, the Münsterbrücke bridge, the Café Bauschänzli, the Kirchgasse, the Napfgasse, and the Restaurant Karl der Grosse. Aside from the location filming on the Eiger mountain and Zürich other locations included Monument Valley and Zion National Park in the American Southwest, and in Carmel-by-the-Sea and Monterey in California. Filming was pretty much finished by late September 1974.
Below: Clint on location in Zürich, Switzerland with his producer Robert Daley, September 1974
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