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A ski trip with a difference in the town the Beatles loved

Natalie Marchant hits the slopes in Obertauern, the Austrian town where the Fab Four filmed Help! and which is gearing up for the movie’s 60th anniversary

December 11, 2024 13:07
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Three of the Fab Four on the slopes in Obertauern where they filmed the comedy musical Help! in March 1965
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“I need somebody. Help! Not just anybody. Help! You know I need someone. Help!” Hurtling down the slopes of Obertauern on a ski bike, it was somewhat inevitable that this song came to mind – particularly when I got stuck in a snow drift.

For Obertauern in the SalzburgerLand region of Austria is where the Beatles filmed parts of their, somewhat surreal, comedy musical Help! in March 1965. Six decades on, the town is rightly proud of its link to music megastardom – although the Fab Four hadn’t quite hit their future heights of fame when they filmed here.