The movie is recorded in Bulgaria.
Hi. I am from Bulgaria (the southeastern part of Europe) and the movie recordings take place there in case somebody wants to know.
More specifically in Kremikovtzi - the biggest metallurgy complex in Bulgaria http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kremikovtzi_AD
I guess the recordings didn't cost much :D and that's why they choosed this place.
Who was the first that forged the deadly blade? Of rugged steel his savage soul was made - Tibullus