The Calvia council has enlisted the support of Hollywood in their latest promotional drive which gives an insight into the major international movies that were filmed in the municipality which includes Palmanova, Magalluf and Santa Ponsa. The council will be unveiling their Calvia Cinema Route at the Fitur tourism fair in Madrid.
Numerous filmmakers found the inspiration they needed for their stories in Calvia. One example is British filmmaker Guy Hamilton. The director of several James Bond films, who lived in Andratx, chose the serenity of Caló d'en Monjo to bring Agatha Christie's sophisticated intrigue to life in Evil Under the Sun (Guy Hamilton, 1982), starring Peter Ustinov, James Mason and Maggie Smith. His vision, along with that of many other directors, has helped to put the municipality and the entire island on the map of the world's collective imagination.
The Calvià area is astonishingly versatile in front of the camera: sometimes it plays itself, but on other occasions it represents distant landscapes. The most emblematic example of this game of identities can be found in The Magus (Guy Green, 1968), where the island is completely transformed to recreate a fictional Greece through its settings. It starred Michael Caine, Anthony Quinn and Candice Bergen.
More recently Calvia has hosted the hit BBC and Amazon series, The Mallorca Files, and many more top productions.
Between the 1950s and 1960s, Mallorca was in the global spotlight, welcoming crowds of visitors year after year, including many internationally renowned figures. Names such as Errol Flynn and Gary Cooper are just the beginning of an endless list of celebrities who succumbed to the charms of Calvià. However, these personalities did not only choose this corner of the Mediterranean as a place to relax, but also as a place to work. Looking back at the productions of the time, the influence of the most prestigious professionals in the global film industry is clear to see.