The Lady Vanishes (1938)
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Snowed in at an inn in a small Central European country, an English traveller makes a friend who then disappears from the train taking them home, and everyone on board denies she ever existed.
- Travel shown
- On foot, bike, skis or swimming
- Not shown on screen
- Fictional place
- 1Hotel≈ 00:01:00Bandrika (fictional)Stated on screenFictional
An avalanche blocks the line and stranded travellers crowd into a small hotel for the night.
- 2Train≈ 00:21:00Bandrika (fictional)Stated on screenFictional
On the train Miss Froy vanishes, and Iris and Gilbert search the carriages for her.
- 3Branch line near the border≈ 01:10:00Bandrika (fictional)InferredFictional
- 4Victoria Station and the Foreign Office≈ 01:30:00London, EnglandStated on screen
The journey in numbers
- Distance travelled
- 2,213 km
- Places
- 2
- Countries
- 1
- Stops
- 4
- Not shown: 1,106 km
- Train: 1,106 km
Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.
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