Travels With My Aunt

After his mother's funeral, assistant bank manager Henry Pulling (Alec McCowan) meets Augusta Bertram (Maggie Smith) who claims to be his aunt. Islington & St. Pancras Cemetery, High Road, East Finchley N2.

Neil Kenny advises that the grave to the left is that of Mary Elizabeth Hall, 30th March 1914 (65), and her husband William Thomas Hall 22nd July 1916 (71).

Henry is given his mother's ashes. Islington & St Pancras Cemetery.

Neil Kenny explains that the building is the St. Pancras Cemetery Chapel viewed from Church Avenue, looking west.

Henry leaves with Aunt Augusta. High Road, East Finchley where Antony Blair advises that the background properties are numbers 341, 343 and 345.

Antony returned to the location 53 years later to find that the tree has increased in girth somewhat.

Augusta takes Henry to her place. She lives above The Salisbury, 90 St. Martin's Lane WC2. The pub is also to be seen in 'Victim'.

Also seen in Girl with a Pistol and All the Right Noises. SJ

Augusta steps out to meet with gangster Crowder who is waiting in his car. St, Martin's Court WC2

St. Martin's Court was also seen in Say Hello to Yesterday. SJ

Augusta walks towards Crowder's car. In the background stands the Lamb & Flag, Rose Street, Covent Garden. Also seen in 'The Black Windmill' and 'Three Sundays To Live'.

And also seen in David Copperfield (1969) but not captured on site. SJ

Augusta takes a cab to Henry's house. Anne Boleyn's Walk, Cheam, Greater London.

The street today, captured by John Harwood.

Augusta walks to Henry's front door. Inside, she instructs him to travel to France with her. Anne Boleyn's Walk.

John Harwood finds extension work underway.

Arriving in Paris, Henry sets off for the hotel Augusta has booked. Place des Pyramides, Paris, with its statue of Joan of Arc. Also seen in 'Soft Beds Hard Battles' and 'The Man on the Eiffel Tower'.

Avenue des Champs-Élysées in Paris, France, looking towards the Arc de Triomphe.

Rue de Castiglioni, looking northeast towards the Colonne Vendôme.

Henry reaches the hotel. Unknown location, but interior shots are of the Four Seasons Hotel George V 75008 Paris.

Sent out of the hotel as Aunt Augusta makes a dodgy financial deal, Henry waits outside. Pont Alexandre III Bridge, Paris.

Augusta's lover, African fortune teller Zachary Wordsworth (Louis Gossett Jr) turns up with some female company.

Exchanging the girls in his car for Henry, Zachary speeds off to his club. Cours-la-Reine approaching Pont des Invalides.

Henry emerges with Zachary from his seedy club. Drugstore Opéra was at 6 Boulevard des Capucines 75009.

Zachary bundles Henry into a taxi outside the club. Facing west on Boulevard des Capucines towards Place de l'Opéra.

Augusta decides to take the Orient Express to Istanbul with Henry. After dining in the Restaurant Le Train Bleu, they board at Gare de Lyon, Paris. The platform scenes were shot in Delicias Station, Paseo de las Delicias, 61, Madrid. This was a redundant station at the time, which became a railway museum in 1984. Manuel Gurtner adds that the broad-gauge movie train consists, among some RENFE carriages, of two CIWL sleeping cars, No 3309 of WL type S3 (originally of type S1, Nivelles 1927) and No 3361 of WL type S4 (Birmingham 1928).

The train travels through a tunnel in a mountainous region. Simplon Railway south ramp between Preglia and Varzo in the Piemont region of Italy identified by Manuel Gurtner, with the snow-capped mountain range with Pizzo Diei (2905 m) and Monte Cistella (2880 m) in the far distance. The 40m long bridge spanning the river Diveria and the Strada Statale 659, while the southern portal of the San Giacomo tunnel is visible in the background.

The journey continues past Lake Maggiore, Italy. Manuel Gurtner explains that this is on the Simplon railway between Baveno and Stresa, Piemont region. The train is hauled by Bo'Bo'Bo' articulated loco of FS class E.646 with the express train consisting, among others, of SBB light steel carriages of type EW1. In the far distance, Isola Superiore can be made out.

The train heads on towards Milan. Location currently unidentified.

Mario (Raymond Gerome) arrives at Milan Station. He is the son of Augusta's true love Ercole Visconti. She believes Ercole has been kidnapped and is smuggling money to pay his ransom. Looking out from Milan Central Station towards Piazza IV Novembre.

Carrying a package, Mario walks through the station concourse. Manuel Gurtner tells us that this is Milano Centrale station where the camera shortly begins a pan towards the monumental train shed.

Mario has a hurried discussion with Augusta at a bar next to the platform. Delicias Station, Madrid, which also appears in 'Horror Express' and ‘Dr. Zhivago’ as well as a number of Spanish productions.

Augusta recalls a romantic encounter with Ercole in Venice. The lagoon bridge called Ponte della Libertà, which connects Venice with the mainland at Mestre The location can also be seen in 'Summertime'.

The train pulls into Edirne Station, Turkey, where officials confiscate the smuggled money and deport Augusta and Henry back to France. Manuel Gurtner ponders that this is likely to have been shot somewhere near Madrid Delicias station as at the end of the train a RENFE baggage car of type DD-8000 can be seen again.

Augusta recalls being knocked off her horse by wealthy Frenchman Achille Dambreuse (José Luis López Vázquez), resulting in a torrid affair. Buen Retiro Park, Madrid, Spain.

Dambreuse has a large house in the country. Unidentified location.

He also has a wife and kids. Unidentified location.

After a furious row with Augusta, Henry storms out of Zachary's club on the Boulevard des CapucInes.

Henry crosses the Boulevard des Capucines..

Henry pauses by a fountain. Place André Malraux, Paris 75001.

Augusta joins Henry to apologise and plan next steps.

Zachary, Henry and Augusta travel to Spain. In the background is the Church of Las Salinas de Cabo de Gata, Almería, Andalusia.

They arrive at a beach bar and sell a stolen painting to raise the ransom money. Bar Mediterráneo at San Miguel de Cabo de Gata.

After travelling overnight to reach Africa, Henry, Zachary and Augusta, come ashore at the agreed spot to meet the kidnappers. Playa de los Genoveses, Cabo de Gata in Almería.

All is not as it seems as Augusta comes face to face with Ercole (Robert Stephens). Playa de los Genoveses.