From Russia with Love (1963)
Directed by Terence Young
SPECTRE dangles a Soviet cipher machine and a defecting clerk in front of James Bond, drawing him to Istanbul and onto the Orient Express west across Yugoslavia towards Venice.
- Travel shown
- On foot, bike, skis or swimming
- Not shown on screen
- Fictional place
- 1Soviet consulate≈ 00:12:00Istanbul, TurkeyInferred
Rosa Klebb recruits Tatiana, a clerk at the Soviet consulate, for what she believes is a Soviet operation.
- 2M's office≈ 00:17:00London, EnglandStated on screen
M tells Bond that a Soviet clerk in Istanbul will defect with a Lektor decoder, but only to him.
- 3Kerim Bey's office and gypsy camp≈ 00:23:00Istanbul, TurkeyStated on screen
Bond teams up with station head Kerim Bey and is caught up in a fight at a gypsy camp.
- 4Bond's hotel and the consulate≈ 00:48:00Istanbul, TurkeyStated on screen
Tatiana waits in Bond's hotel bed; they plan the defection and steal the Lektor from the consulate.
- 5Belgrade, Serbia≈ 01:12:00Stated on screen
- 6Zagreb, Croatia≈ 01:16:00Stated on screen
- 7Istria≈ 01:31:00Stated on screen
- 8Venice, Italy≈ 01:46:00Stated on screen
The journey in numbers
- Distance travelled
- 3,979 km
- Places
- 6
- Countries
- 5
- Stops
- 8
- Plane: 2,501 km
- Train: 1,353 km
- Boat: 126 km
- Car: 0.0 km
- Not shown: 0.0 km
Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.
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