Abbiamo stilato un elenco di alcune delle più popolari location cinematografiche e televisive della Cornovaglia. La regione è molto popolare come location per produzioni cinematografiche e televisive. La maggior parte dei luoghi è facilmente raggiungibile in auto da Sorgente.
THE KID WHO WOULD BE KING (2019) – Joe Cornish
Cast: Louis Ashbourne Serkis, Denise Gough and Dean Chaumoo.
Locations: Around Tintagel.
BAIT (2019) – Mark Jenkin
Cast: Edward Rowe, Giles King and Chloe Endean.
Locations: Charlestown, West Penwith.
FISHERMAN’S FRIENDS (2019) – Chris Foggin
Cast: James Purefoy, Meadow Nobrega and David Hayman.
Locations: Port Isaac.
MY COUSIN RACHEL (2016) – Roger Mitchell
Cast: Rachel Weisz, Sam Claflin, Holiday Grainger.
PEREGRINE’S HOME FOR PECULIARS (2015) – Tim Burton
Cast: Asa Butterfield, Eva Green, Samuel L Jackson, Dane Judi Dench and Allison Janney.
Locations: East Portholland, nr. St Austell.
ABOUT TIME (2013) – Richard Curtis
Cast: Domhnall Gleeson, Rachel McAdams, Bill Nighy, Lindsay Duncan, Tom Hollander, Lydia Wilson, Richard Griffiths, Richard E Grant, Lisa Eichhorn, Margot Robbie.
Locations: Porthpean House nr. St Austell | Vault Beach nr. Gorran Haven | St.Michael Penkivel Church nr. Truro | Portloe, Roseland Peninsula.
WORLD WAR Z (2013) – Marc Forster
Cast: Brad Pitt, Mireille Enos, Daniella Kertesz, Fana Mokoena, James Badge Dale, Elyes Gabel, Peter Capaldi, Moritz Bleibtreu, John Gordon Sinclair, Matthew Fox, David Morse.
Locations: RFA Argus berthed at Falmouth.
ALICE IN WONDERLAND (2010) – Tim Burton
Cast: Mia Wasikowska, Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Anne Hathaway, Crispin Glover, Alan Rickman, Timothy Spall, Tim Pigott-Smith, Lindsay Duncan, Christopher Lee, Eleanor Tomlinson, Marton Csokas.
Locations: Anthony House, Torpoint, Plymouth | Charlestown Harbour.
KEEPING MUM (2005) – Niall Johnson
Cast: Rowan Atkinson, Kristin Scott Thomas, Maggie Smith, Patrick Swayze, Tamsin Egerton, Toby Parkes.
Locations: Bodmin railway station. Bodmin | St. Michael Penkivel.
LADIES IN LAVENDER (2004) – Charles Dance
Cast: Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Daniel Brühl, Natascha McElhone, Miriam Margolyes, David Warner.
LLocations: Cadgwith | Helston | St. Ives | Prussia Cove.
SAN ANTONIO (2004) – Frédéric Auburtin
Cast: Gérard Lanvin, Gérard Depardieu, Lucy Harrison, Patrick Médioni, Valeria Golino, Marc Faure, Michèle Bernier.
Locations: Widemouth Bay | Bude.
JOHNNY ENGLISH (2003) – Peter Howitt
Cast: Rowan Atkinson, Ben Miller, John Malkovich, Natalie Imbruglia, Oliver Ford Davies, Tim Pigott-Smith, Kevin McNally.
Locations: St Michael’s Mount, Marazion.
007 DIE ANOTHER DAY (2002) – Lee Tamahori
Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Halle Berry, Judi Dench, Toby Stephens, Rosamund Pike, Rick Yune, John Cleese, Michael Madsen, Madonna.
Locations: Holywell Bay nr. Newquay | Eden project, Bodelva.
SAVING GRACE (2002) – Nigel Cole
Cast: Brenda Blethyn, Craig Ferguson, Martin Clunes, Valerie Edmond, Tcheky Karyo, Jamie Foreman.
Locations: Port Isaac | Boscastle | Trebarwith Strand.
THE MAGICAL LEGEND OF THE LEPRECHAUNS (1999) – John Henderson
Cast: Randy Quaid, Whoopi Goldberg, Roger Daltrey, Colm Meaney, Caroline Carver.
Locations: Watergate Bay | Bodmin Moor.
MANSFIELD PARK (1999) – Patricia Rozema
Cast: Frances O’Connor, Jonny Lee Miller, James Purefoy.
Locations: Charlestown.
THE THREE MUSKETEERS (1993) – Stephen Herek
Cast: Chris O’Donnell, Kiefer Sutherland, Charlie Sheen, Oliver Platt, Tim Curry, Rebecca De Mornay, Michael Wincott, Julie Delpy, Paul McGann, Hugh O’Conor, Gabrielle Anwar.
Locations: Golitha Falls, Bodmin Moor | a nature reserve – the River Fowey flows in a series of cascades through a steep-sided valley gorge | Charlestown Harbour | Rumps Point, Polzeath.
DRACULA (1979) – John Badham
Cast: Frank Langella, Laurence Olivier, Kate Nelligan, Donald Pleasence, Trevor Eve.
Locations: St.Michael’s Mount, Marazion | Carlyon Bay | Mevagissy | Tintagel.
THE EAGLE HAS LANDED (1976) – John Sturges
Cast: Michael Caine, Donald Sutherland, Robert Duvall, Jenny Agutter, Donald Pleasence, Maurice Roëves, Anthony Quayle, Judy Geeson, Treat Williams.
Locations: Charlestown Harbour | St.Mawgans RAF airfield, now Newquay Airport.
STRAW DOGS (1971) – Sam Peckinpah
Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Susan George, David Warner, Peter Vaughan, Colin Welland
Locations: St.Buryan nr. Penzance – Village Square and churchyard | Lamorna.
MURDER AHOY (1964) – George Pollock
Cast: Margaret Rutherford, Lionel Jeffries, Charles Tingwell.
Locations: St.Mawes nr. Penryn and Falmouth.
SCOTT OF THE ANTARCTIC (1948) – Charles Frend
Cast: John Mills, Diana Churchill, Harold Warrender, Anne Firth, Derek Bon, Reginald Beckwith, James Robertson Justice, Kenneth More.
Locations: Falmouth Docks.
THE THIEF OF BAGDAD (1940) – Ludwig Berger
Cast: Conrad Veidt, Sabu, June Duprez, John Justin, Rex Ingram
Locations: Gunwalloe nr. Mullion | Kynance Cove (The Lizard Peninsula) | Sennen Cove nr. Land’s End.
JAMAICA INN (1939) – Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Charles laughton, Maureen O’Hara, Leslie Banks, Marie Ney, Robert Newton, Horace Hodges, Hay Petrie, Frederick Piper, Herbert Lomas, Clare Greet, William Devlin, Emlyn Williams, Jeanne de Casalis, Mabel Terry-Lewis, A. Bromley Davenport, George Curzon, Basil Radford.
Locations: Jamaica Inn Pub | Bolventor | Bodmin Moor.
SWEPT FROM THE SEA (1997)
Locations: Crackington Haven, Bodmin.
OSCAR AND LUCINDA (1997)
Locations: Boscastle | Port Isaac | Bossiney
REBECCA (1997)
Locations: Charlestown
POLDARK (1996)
Locations: Rinsey (The Lizard Peninsula) | Lansallos (near Looe) | Penrose Estate (Helston) Moll
FLANDERS (1996)
Locations: Falmouth | Charlestown
TWELTH NIGHT (1996)
Locations: Trebarwith Strand
BLUE JUICE (1995)
Locations: Newquay | St Ives | Mousehole | St Agnes | Godrevy
THE THREE MUSKETEERS (1993 film)
Locations: Boconnoc The Witches – Headland Hotel, Newquay
WHEN THE WHALES CAME (1989)
Locations: Bryher, Isles of Scilly.
THE DEVILS’S FOOT (1988)
Locations: Kynance Cove (The Lizard Peninsula) | Mount’s Bay | Lanyon Quoit, West Penwith.
DOOMWATCH (1988)
Locations: Mevagissey | Polperro.
ROBIN OF SHERWOOD (1984)
Locations: Rinsey, Mount’s Bay.
THE OMEN III: THE FINAL CONFLICT (1981)
Locations: St Austell, Luxulyan, Prideaux Place.
THE EAGLE HAS LANDED (1976)
Locations: Newquay | Charlestown.
MALACHI’S COVE or THE SEAWEED CHILDREN (1974)
Locations: Trebarwith Strand.
STRAW DOGS (1971)
Locations: St Buryan | Lamorna.
MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR (The Beatles) (1967)
Locations: Newquay, Towan Beach, Bodmin
NIGHT OF THE EAGLE (1962)
Locations: Cape Cornwall | Porthcurno Beach.
KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE (1953)
Locations: Tintagel.
TREASURE ISLAND (1950)
Locations: Carrick Roads, River Fal | Helford River | Falmouth.
JOHNNY FRENCHMAN (1945)
Locations: Mevagissey.
MIRANDA (1948)
Locations: Carlyon Bay | Polperro | Looe.
LOVE STORY (1944)
Locations: Minack Theatre, Porthcurno.
THE MYSTERY OF THE MARY CELESTE (1935)
Locations: Falmouth.
THE UNINVITED (1944)
Locations: Stretches of Devon, Cornwall and Ireland shores.
Filmed in Cornwall for Television
HOUSE OF THE DRAGON – Game of Thrones Prequel (2021)
Locations: St Michael’s Mount | Holywell Bay.
POLDARK (2015-2018) BBC Series 1, 2, 3, 4
Brooding drama set in 18th-century Cornwall. Ross Poldark is passionate about turning round the fortunes of his late father’s estate. Adapted from Winston Graham’s novels.
Cast: Aidan Turner, Eleanor Tomlinson, Heida Reed, Jack Farthing, Luke Norris, Gabriella Wilde, Beatie Edney, Tom York, Harry Richardson, Ellise Chappell, Christian Brassington, Josh Whitehouse, Max Bennett, Rebecca Front.
Locations: Charlestown | Botallack (National Trust) | Levant Mine and Beam Engine (National Trust) | Holywell Bay (National Trust) | Bodmin Moor | St Agnes Head (National Trust) | Porthgwarra | Porthcurno (National Trust) | Gwennap Head | Kynance Cove (National Trust) | Gunwalloe (National Trust) – Dollar Cove and Church Cove | Predannack Wollas, The Lizard (National Trust) | Park Head and Porthcothan (National Trust) | Padstow area | Turnaware Point
THE SHELL SEEKERS (2006) Die Muschelsucher (ZDF) – Piers Haggard
Written by: Rosamunde Pilcher (A copy of the book is at Sorgente Cottage)
Cast: Vanessa Redgrave, Maximilian Schell, Sebastian Koch, Victoria Hamilton.
Locations: Lamorna | Port Isaac | Prideaux Place (Padstow) | St.Michael’s Mount | Marazion.
COMING HOME (1998) – Giles Foster
Written by: Rosamunde Pilcher
Cast: Emily Mortimer, Peter O’Toole, Joanna Lumley.
Locations: Lelant | Prideaux Place (Padstow) | Marazion.
Hornblower (2002)
Falmouth | Charlestown | Pendennis Castle | St Mawes | Rame Head.
Echo Beach
soap opera about surfing starring Jason Donovan and Martine McCutcheon to be filmed in Newquay.
Doc Martin
Comedy series starring Martin Clunes as a London doctor who comes to work in Cornwall. Set in Port Isaac
Wild West (2002)
Comedy series starring Dawn French, filmed at Portloe
A Seaside Parish
A documentary about the Rector of Boscastle
Wycliffe
Cornish detective series based on the novels of W. J. Burley – various Locations.
Frenchman’s Creek (1998)
TV version of Daphne du Maurier’s famous story
The Camomile Lawn
Wartime drama set in Cornwall, filmed at Veryan and Portloe
Penmarric
BBC series about the lives of a Cornish family spanning the years from 1867 to 1940, from the novel by Susan Howatch
Poldark (1970s)
Popular series based on the novels of Winston Graham
The Onedin Line
Started in 1971 at Charlestown
A Dorothy L Sayers Mystery
1987 in the episode Have His Carcase the murder is filmed on Holywell Bay Beach