Location for a classic documentary

Connected Sites: 17

WHS that have been used as a location for documentaries of high public and/or critical acclaim. The WHS must be the focus of the documentary; documentaries with wide coverage of multiple WHS are excluded.

Connected Sites

Auschwitz Birkenau

Poland

Inscribed: 1979

4.08

341

14

Shoah (1985)
See www.imdb.com
Old Town of Lijiang

China

Inscribed: 1997

3.54

111

11

Beyond the clouds (1994)
See www.river-films.com
Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch

Switzerland

Inscribed: 2001

3.91

221

11

The Eiger mountain can be seen in The Alps (2007)
Siena

Italy

Inscribed: 1995

4.05

378

10

Palio (2015)
See en.wikipedia.org
Kaziranga National Park

India

Inscribed: 1985

3.56

23

3

The park first gained international prominence after Robin Banerjee, a physician-turned-photographer and filmmaker, produced a documentary titled Kaziranga, which was aired on television in Berlin in 1961 and became a runaway success.(wiki)
See en.wikipedia.org
Air and Téneré

Niger

Inscribed: 1991

3.14

2

1

Tenere (2020)
See www.imdb.com
Serengeti

Tanzania

Inscribed: 1981

4.41

121

5

"Serengeti Shall not die" (1959)
See en.wikipedia.org
Tr’ondëk-Klondike

Canada

Inscribed: 2023

2.83

13

2

Dawson City: Frozen Time
See en.wikipedia.org
Yosemite National Park

United States of America

Inscribed: 1984

4.28

287

12

Free Solo (2018)
See www.imdb.com
Virunga National Park

Congo (Democratic Republic)

Inscribed: 1979

3.99

13

2

Virunga, an Oscar-nominated 2014 documentary film directed by Orlando von Einsiedel
See en.wikipedia.org
Statue of Liberty

United States of America

Inscribed: 1984

3.30

514

19

Statue of Liberty (1985)
See en.wikipedia.org
Sagarmatha National Park

Nepal

Inscribed: 1979

3.78

49

3

The Conquest of Everest (1953), The Climb (2007) and The Man Who Skied Down Everest (1975)
Paris, Banks of the Seine

France

Inscribed: 1991

4.19

680

20

Le Joli Mai (1963) includes the result of 55 hours of footage interviewing people on the streets of Paris.
See en.wikipedia.org
Mount Athos

Greece

Inscribed: 1988

3.50

79

8

Athos (2016) - "With the help of three Athos monks, "Athos - A Taste of Heaven" tells the story of the island and its inhabitants in a unique filmed diary style." (IMDb)
See www.pappaspost.com
Grand Canyon

United States of America

Inscribed: 1979

4.40

380

21

One of Walt Disney's “more unconventional and experimental works” is Grand Canyon (1958)
See www.youtube.com
Florence

Italy

Inscribed: 1982

4.45

587

15

Days of Destruction (1966), about the Flood of the Arno River and its catastrophic effect on the city of Florence
See en.wikipedia.org
Decorated cave of Pont d'Arc

France

Inscribed: 2014

3.44

115

8

Cave of Forgotten Dreams by Werner Herzog (2010)
See www.imdb.com