Where They Went

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)

Directed by Steven Spielberg

In 1938 Indy hunts for his missing father and the Holy Grail, following clues from Venice to a castle on the Austrian-German border, Nazi Berlin and a hidden canyon in the Republic of Hatay.

  • Travel shown
  • On foot, bike, skis or swimming
  • Not shown on screen
  • Fictional place
  1. 1Desert caves, 1912
    Southern Utah
    ≈ 00:01:00
    Stated on screen

    As a boy scout, young Indy snatches the Cross of Coronado from grave robbers and flees across a circus train.

  2. 2Ship in a storm, 1938
    Off the coast of Portugal
    ≈ 00:11:00
    Stated on screen

    Indy finally retrieves the cross from the robbers' boss aboard a ship before it explodes.

  3. 3Barnett College (fictional)
    ≈ 00:14:00
    InferredFictional

    Indy teaches class and gives the cross to Marcus Brody for the museum.

  4. 4Walter Donovan's penthouse
    New York City, New York
    ≈ 00:18:00
    Inferred

    Donovan shows Indy the Grail tablet and says his father vanished searching for it; Indy receives the Grail diary.

  5. 5Venice, Italy
    ≈ 00:25:00
    Stated on screen

    Indy and Elsa find a knight's tomb in the catacombs under a library and escape a boat chase on the canals.

  6. 6Castle Brunwald (fictional)
    ≈ 00:45:00
    Stated on screenFictional
  7. 7Book-burning rally
    Berlin, Germany
    ≈ 01:04:00
    Stated on screen
  8. 8Iskenderun, Turkey
    ≈ 01:20:00
    Stated on screen
  9. 8Sultan's palace
    Republic of Hatay (fictional)
    ≈ 01:20:00
    Stated on screenFictional
  10. 9Temple of the Grail
    Canyon of the Crescent Moon (fictional)
    ≈ 01:25:00
    Stated on screenFictional

The journey in numbers

Distance travelled
26,709 km
Places
10
Countries
6
Stops
10
  • Not shown: 16,908 km
  • Plane: 9,188 km
  • Motorcycle: 531 km
  • Horse: 61 km
  • Car: 21 km

Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.

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