In The Media
Many scenes of the documentary film The Alps were shot in the region of Grindelwald, particularly on the north face of the Eiger. The James Bond film On Her Majesty's Secret Service includes a chase through a skating rink and Christmas festival in Grindelwald. Grindelwald's mountains were used as the basis for the view of Alderaan in Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith.
The Clint Eastwood film "The Eiger Sanction" was shot in Grindelwald and Kleine Schiedegg.
Some of the action scenes in The Golden Compass were also shot in Grindelwald.
Grindelwald appears as a race course in Gran Turismo 2.
Grindelwald is also used as a character name for Gellert Grindelwald in the Harry Potter series.
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“The media no longer ask those who know something ... to share that knowledge with the public. Instead they ask those who know nothing to represent the ignorance of the public and, in so doing, to legitimate it.”
—Serge Daney (1944–1992)