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Kitulgala
place in Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka · 6.5900, 80.2500
Kitulgala is named as a filming location in the Wikipedia article of 1 production — in the section each entry below links back to. No Wikidata filming statement points here yet, so this page says plainly which kind of evidence it rests on.
“The Academy Award-winning The Bridge on the River Kwai was filmed on the Kelani River near Kitulgala, although nothing remains now except the concrete foundations for the bridge.”
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Kitulgala as somewhere it was shot, with no matching statement on Wikidata. Weaker evidence than a Wikidata statement, and labelled as what it is — each production’s own page links the exact section the claim comes from.
Filming locations nearby
Frequently asked questions
What was filmed in Kitulgala?
1 production is recorded as filmed in Kitulgala, including The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957). 1 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.
Where is Kitulgala?
Kitulgala is in Sri Lanka, at 6.5900, 80.2500.
What other filming locations are near Kitulgala?
Bentota, all within about 40 km and listed on this page.
Where does this information come from?
Filming location statements on Wikidata, joined to the place's coordinates and Wikipedia article, plus places named in Wikipedia articles, which are labelled per Wikipedia wherever they appear. The photograph is from Wikimedia Commons, by Jimfbleak at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.