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Jun 25, 2006

Curonian Spit for Films

A couple of months ago, my article on Lithuania's Curonian Spit described how multi-faceted this skinny peninsula in the Baltic Sea seemed to me.

Not only to me, apparently! It seems that a number of film companies have decided that making movies on the Curonian Spit is a good idea. After reading about the Lithuanian Film Studios cooperation with many foreign filmmakers this week, I remembered a forgotten titbit of my trip: I also stumbled across a film set in the middle of the empty dunes, obviously trying to represent a scene in a vast desert.

The article went on to explain that the whole of Lithuania is an ideal film set: not only is production there inexpensive, but the lack of urbanisation provides all kinds of historical settings, too. When you're in Lithuania, then, be on the lookout for a famous actor waiting around for his scene call.