Church courtyard, Petrograd 1917

Post date: Jul 27, 2010 4:7:14 PM

In the climactic scene in Petrograd 1917 ("Adventures in the Secret Service"), Indy & Irena race to catch up to their friends before their peaceful demonstration is ambushed by Cossack troops with machine guns. The scene takes place in an open square in front of an old gothic church.

I've been searching for this location for a long time with Google Earth, and have been nearly fooled a few times with very similar-looking churches in Prague. And today I came across it completely by accident (while looking for something else, of course) and recognized it instantly.

It is the Church of St. Castullus (Kostel svatého Haštala) in Prague, built in the 1330s! The building rooftop where the troops were stationed was across the street to the west of the church.

The protesters enter the square from the SE corner, from Rybna street, onto Hystalska.

As the firing begins, the protesters scatter all over the square to the south of the church.

Sergei is hit and goes down in front of the door on the south side of the church.