Then there are quite a few references to surreal art, matching the surreal nature of the film, such as Hendrick's Chirico-like painting of Pandora, and a remarkable shot of her, lying on her back with the profile of her face in close-up, like a Dali painting. The lighthouse is still operational and the Castillo was built atop the headland in 1187 to defend the town.

The approach to Tossa is through the hills of the Massif de Cadiretes, a vast natural reserve, with the descent along a circuitous road offering tantalising glimpses of the sea and township. Check out some of the IMDb editors' favorites movies and shows to round out your Watchlist.

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A pretentiously artistic director is hired for a new Broadway musical and changes it beyond recognition. Albert Lewin's interpretation of the legend of the Flying Dutchman. Check out our picks for family friendly movies movies that transcend all ages. One evening, after a progressive dinner comprising montaditos in a bar followed by tapas and sangria at a beachside cafe, we stroll along the waterfront to La Mar Menuda, the neighbouring beach and bay. Home > Films > P > Pandora And The Flying Dutchman. Crime, Certificate: Passed

Yepok. Tossa de Mar’s other claim to fame is that it was the first place in the world to declare itself an anti-bullfighting city. Pendine Sands, Carmarthen Bay, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK. Showing all 10 items Jump to: Filming Locations (9) Filming Dates (1) Filming Locations. Please send any corrections or additions to info@movie-locations.com.

It is July, with warm days and balmy nights – perfect for dips in the bay and wandering about the cobbled streets of the Vila Vella, the only inhabited example of a fortified medieval town still standing on the Catalan coast. Sitges, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain 6 of 6 found this interesting Interesting? This is the life of a Hollywood movie star named Maria, as told by writer/director Harry et al, from being discovered in Madrid, Spain, until her funeral in Italy.

But the film's prime asset is its visual richness.

Pandora is a beautiful woman (who men kill and die for). Several mysterious deaths are attributed to an ancient stone idol. In a little Spanish seaport named Esperanza, during the 30s, appears Hendrick van der Zee, the mysterious captain of a yacht (he is the only one aboard).

Such was the case with Tossa de Mar, which was a sleepy little village on Spain’s Costa Brava until MGM Studios arrived. Writer Harry Street reflects on his life as he lies dying from an infection while on safari in the shadow of Mount Kilamanjaro. The hotel comes with big, basic rooms, friendly, helpful staff and lovely views of the town and bay.

The Diana, with its link to the movie and its stars, did not provide on-site parking, so we opted for the Florida, which did. The year was 1950 and stars James Mason and Ava Gardner were on location to film Pandora and the Flying Dutchman, based on the tale of the legendary 17th century ghost ship The Flying Dutchman, the spirit of which is doomed to roam the seas endlessly in search of true love. Our excursion includes a visit to a beach resort and a stop for lunch and a swim. Remnants of old Hollywood linger in the picturesque town with its citadel, lighthouse and ancient walled village, together with the hotels and restaurants that have sprung up to capitalise on its new life as a tourist haven. Enter the Flying Dutchman, Hendrick van der Zee, trying to find a woman willing to give up her life for him so he can gain release from his eternal roving of the seas. Anglo-Indian Victoria Jones seeks her true identity amid the chaos of the British withdrawal from India. Topping the list is a life-size bronze of Ava Gardner, which gazes out across the bay from atop a hillside promontory.

Ava Gardner, never more beautiful and just about to emerge as a star, is the Pandora of the title, a night-club singer and femme fatale, engaged to be married to a gentlemanly racing car driver (Nigel Patrick), but with a hotheaded bullfighter (Mario Cabré) eager to win her. Hollywood and movie stars have always had a way of putting quiet corners of the globe on the tourist map. Title: A black-and- white photo of a smiling Gardner, off the set and holding a basket of meringues, is still used in the window display and on the packaging of a confectionary store. (1951).

Pandora is a beautiful woman (who men kill and die for). (The film is set on the Costa Brava, near Dali's home town of Cadaques.) It offers a different vantage from which to admire Tossa and has its own mix of attractions, from more seaside dining options and apartments built into the cliffside to a beach bar and a night-dive operation. The Flying Dutchman sails into the pretty bay at Tossa de Mar (the small Catalan port of Esperanza in the script), setting the scene for the village to play a starring role in the drama. A seductive woman falls in love with a mysterious ship's captain. These visual qualities outweigh such flaws as an intrusive voice-over, and the stress laid on the - for me - irrelevant "Moving Finger" quatrain from the Rubaiyat. And throughout, there is Jack Cardiff's creative camerawork in beautiful technicolor. Use the HTML below. document.write("This page was last updated on " +document.lastModified+ ""). Three men of varying social standing - a viceroy, a bullfighter, and a soldier - vie for the affections of an actress in 18th-century Peru. Any amble should include the climb up Mt Guardi to Castillo de Tossa de Mar and the lighthouse. It contains the governor’s house (now a museum), the medieval hospital of Sant Miquel and remnants of a Romanesque and a Gothic church. Comedy. Some of the locals who were extras in the film are still around, according to Merce at the Hotel Florida, a family-run property built in the 60s when the tourist boom was under way. The bar where some of the movie’s scenes take place is now the Pandora boutique and the Art Deco Hotel Diana, where the stars stayed, mentions its brush with Hollywood on its website.