Where They Went

The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)

Directed by Lewis Gilbert

When British and Soviet nuclear submarines vanish, Bond and Soviet agent Anya Amasova chase the stolen tracking system from the Austrian Alps through Cairo and the Nile to a shipping magnate's sea base off Sardinia.

  • Travel shown
  • On foot, bike, skis or swimming
  • Not shown on screen
  • Fictional place
  1. 1General Gogol's office
    Moscow, Russia
    ≈ 00:03:00
    Inferred

    Agent XXX is summoned by General Gogol to investigate the missing Soviet submarine.

  2. 1Mountain chalet and ski chase
    Austrian Alps
    ≈ 00:05:00
    Stated on screen

    Called away from a chalet, Bond is ambushed on the slopes and escapes by skiing off a cliff under a Union Jack parachute.

  3. 2Fekkesh's apartment and Mujaba Club
    Cairo, Egypt
    ≈ 00:22:00
    Stated on screen

    Bond follows the trail of the stolen microfilm through Cairo and meets Anya, his Soviet rival for it.

  4. 2Sound-and-light show
    Pyramids of Giza
    ≈ 00:28:00
    Stated on screen

    During the show at the pyramids, Jaws kills Fekkesh before Bond can reach him.

  5. 3Temple ruins and Nile
    Karnak Temple, Luxor
    ≈ 00:38:00
    Inferred

    Bond and Anya flee Jaws in a van among ancient ruins and continue down the Nile.

  6. 4Hotel and coast roads
    Sardinia, Italy
    ≈ 00:55:00
    Stated on screen

    Posing as a married couple, they visit Stromberg's base by boat and escape in Bond's Lotus, which turns into a submarine.

  7. 5Atlantis (Stromberg's sea base)
    ≈ 01:15:00
    InferredFictional

The journey in numbers

Distance travelled
8,727 km
Places
7
Countries
4
Stops
7
  • Not shown: 5,459 km
  • Train: 2,732 km
  • Car: 501 km
  • Boat: 35 km

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

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