Where was Kundun filmed?
1997 film by Martin Scorsese
Kundun (1997) was filmed in Atlas Mountains, Ouarzazate, Woodstock and Karma Triyana Dharmachakra, 4 places named in its Wikipedia article's Production section, in Morocco, the United States. Wikidata itself records the shoot only as Morocco. A sentence in an article is weaker evidence than a statement, and every claim on this page says which it is.
See them on the map → Wikipedia Source data
Places per Wikipedia's Production section
Wikipedia’s Production section names 4 places. A sentence in an article is weaker evidence than a Wikidata statement, so these are listed apart, never mixed into the statement list, and the claim links straight to where it came from.
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🏙 Towns & cities
Ouarzazate
🇲🇦 Morocco
City in Morocco
“Most of the film was shot at the Atlas Film Studios in Ouarzazate, Morocco; some scenes were filmed at the Karma Triyana Dharmachakra monastery in Woodstock, New York.” Wikipedia
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Atlas Mountains
🇲🇦 Morocco
North African mountain range
“Scorsese planned on shooting the film in Ladakh in India, but instead did it in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco, near where The Last Temptation of Christ was filmed.” Wikipedia
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🏙 Towns & cities
Karma Triyana Dharmachakra
🇺🇸 United States
Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Woodstock, NY, USA
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🏙 Towns & cities
Woodstock
🇺🇸 United States
town in Ulster County, New York, United States
Recorded only at country level
Wikidata also records this film as shot in Morocco, without saying where. Those statements are true but unmappable — a pin in the middle of a country would claim something nobody wrote — so they are listed here instead of guessed at.
Filming locations that are mapped there: Morocco
Also shot in these places
- Lumina 2024
- Paul the Apostle 2000
Frequently asked questions
How many filming locations does Kundun have?
No place recorded on Wikidata, but 4 places named in its Wikipedia article, labelled per Wikipedia.
Which other productions were filmed at the same places?
Lumina (2024) and Paul the Apostle (2000), each listed on this page.
Where does this information come from?
Filming location statements on Wikidata, plus places named in the production's own Wikipedia article, which are labelled per Wikipedia. Nothing is scraped from listicles and nothing is generated.