High plateau · Gran Sasso
Campo Imperatore
A vast treeless plain at 1,500–1,900 m, nicknamed "Little Tibet". It has doubled for the American West, the Holy Land and fantasy kingdoms.
For US & international productions
Shoot in Abruzzo. Hollywood already has.
Medieval fortresses, wide-open plateaus and untouched stone villages, about two hours from Rome. Ladyhawke, The Name of the Rose and The American were shot here. Your next production could be too.
~2h
drive from Rome to most locations
130+
films shot in the region since 1946
3
national parks: mountains, forests and wildlife
1h
from the Apennine peaks to the Adriatic sea
Filmed in Abruzzo
Half a century on screen.
From spaghetti westerns to Hollywood fantasy and Oscar-winning Italian directors, the region has been a film set since the post-war years. Here is a selection of its best-known titles.
- 1970
They Call Me Trinity
Enzo Barboni · Terence Hill, Bud Spencer
Campo Imperatore
- 1971
Trinity Is Still My Name
Enzo Barboni · Terence Hill, Bud Spencer
Campo Imperatore
- 1976
The Desert of the Tartars
Valerio Zurlini · Vittorio Gassman, Max von Sydow
Campo Imperatore
- 1976
Keoma
Enzo G. Castellari · Franco Nero
Campo Imperatore
- 1983
Krull
Peter Yates · Ken Marshall, Liam Neeson
Campo Imperatore, Rocca Calascio
- 1985
Ladyhawke
Richard Donner · Michelle Pfeiffer, Rutger Hauer, Matthew Broderick
Rocca Calascio, Campo Imperatore
- 1985
King David
Bruce Beresford · Richard Gere
Campo Imperatore
- 1985
Red Sonja
Richard Fleischer · Arnold Schwarzenegger, Brigitte Nielsen
Campo Imperatore
- 1986
The Name of the Rose
Jean-Jacques Annaud · Sean Connery
Campo Imperatore, Rocca Calascio
- 1989
Francesco
Liliana Cavani · Mickey Rourke
Campo Imperatore, Santo Stefano di Sessanio
- 1992
Parenti serpenti
Mario Monicelli
Sulmona
- 1994
A Pure Formality
Giuseppe Tornatore · Gérard Depardieu, Roman Polanski
Santo Stefano di Sessanio
- 2010
The American
Anton Corbijn · George Clooney
Castel del Monte, Sulmona, Calascio
- 2015
Tale of Tales
Matteo Garrone · Salma Hayek, Vincent Cassel
Roccascalegna Castle
Signature locations
Four worlds within an hour of each other.
Medieval fortress · 1,460 m
Rocca Calascio
One of the highest castles in the Apennines, the backdrop of Ladyhawke and The Name of the Rose.
Castel del Monte · Santo Stefano · Sulmona
Hill towns & castles
Stone villages with almost no modern intrusion, ready for period drama. George Clooney's The American was shot in their alleys.
Adriatic coast
Costa dei Trabocchi
Wooden fishing platforms on stilts, rocky coves and beaches. You can go from snow-capped peaks to the sea in about an hour.
Your crew is already here
Assistant directors, DPs, focus pullers, grips and costume designers who know every location.
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