Streets & squares

avenue des Champs-Élysées

avenue in Paris, France

France · 48.8697, 2.3079

avenue des Champs-Élysées is recorded as a filming location for 4 productions. Wikipedia names it for 17 more.

“Scenes of Moreau wandering down the Champs Elysees at night were shot on fast film from a baby carriage using only available light from the street and shop windows.”

Elevator to the Gallows (1958) · Wikipedia

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Movies filmed at avenue des Champs-Élysées

Filmed here, per Wikipedia

Productions whose English Wikipedia article names avenue des Champs-Élysées as somewhere it was shot, with no matching statement on Wikidata. Weaker evidence than the statements above, so it gets its own list, each production’s own page links the exact section the claim comes from.

Midnight in Paris 2011
The Bourne Identity 2002
Taken 2008
Gigi 1958
La Grande Vadrouille 1966
Belle de Jour 1967
Fantômas 1964
Funny Face 1957
Elevator to the Gallows 1958
French Kiss 1995
“A phonebooth on Champs-Élysées near the Arc de Triomphe was used for the scene where Kate calls Charlie's mother.” Wikipedia
Diva 1981
“Later, Jules meets Alba for the first time in a record shop on the Champs Elysées, the "Lido Musique", where he sees her shoplifting records.” Wikipedia
Nouvelle Vague 2025
The Brain 1969
The Crime of Monsieur Lange 1935
Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse 1962
“As production continued, Minnelli was preparing to shoot scenes of the German Wehrmacht marching into the Champs-Élysées.” Wikipedia
Irma Vep 2022–
“Some of the locations used by the production include the Opéra-Comique, the Champs-Élysées, Montmartre, the Gare du Nord, and the Charles de Gaulle Airport.” Wikipedia
Eden Is West 2009

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Frequently asked questions

What was filmed at avenue des Champs-Élysées?

21 productions are recorded as filmed at avenue des Champs-Élysées, including Breathless (1960), The Day of the Jackal (1973) and Is Paris Burning? (1966). 17 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.

Which is the best known production filmed at avenue des Champs-Élysées?

Breathless (1960), covered by 53 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.

Where is avenue des Champs-Élysées?

avenue des Champs-Élysées is in France. Its coordinates are 48.8697, 2.3079.

What other filming locations are near avenue des Champs-Élysées?

Hôtel de la Païva (under 1 km), Franklin D. Roosevelt (under 1 km), rue du Colisée (under 1 km), avenue Franklin-D.-Roosevelt (under 1 km) and 2 more, all within 40 km and listed on this page with photographs.

Where does this information come from?

Filming location statements on Wikidata, joined to the place's coordinates and Wikipedia article, plus places named in Wikipedia articles, which are labelled per Wikipedia wherever they appear. The photograph is from Wikimedia Commons, by SoWhat, CC BY-SA 2.0.