Towns & cities
Babelsberg
District of the Brandenburg capital Potsdam in Germany
Germany · 52.4000, 13.1000
Babelsberg is recorded as a filming location for 1 production. Wikidata records these shoots at town level: somewhere in Babelsberg, rather than at one identified spot. Wikipedia names it for 36 more.
1 production was filmed at 1 place inside Babelsberg rather than at Babelsberg itself: listed below, each with the place it was shot.
“The film was shot between December 11, 1972 and March 29, 1973 at the DEFA studios in Potsdam-Babelsberg (Brandenburg), Moritzburg Castle in Saxony, in the Barrandov studios in Prague, and in various places in Bohemia in what was then Czechoslovakia, including the Švihov castle in western Bohemia and the Bohemian Forest.”
Movies filmed in Babelsberg
- The Sandman and the Lost Sand of Dreams 2010
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Babelsberg 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.
- Metropolis 1927
- Bridge of Spies 2015
- Cloud Atlas 2012
- Monuments Men 2014
- Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters 2013
- The Book Thief 2013
- Hanna 2011
- Pelle the Conqueror 1987
- Atomic Blonde 2017
- Jud Süß 1940
- Anonymous 2011
- Three Nuts for Cinderella 1973
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The Fall of Berlin
1950
“The producers used Agfacolor reels, taken from UFA's studios in Neubabelsberg.” Wikipedia
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Woman in the Moon
1929
“The film was shot between October 1928 and June 1929 at the UFA studios in Neubabelsberg near Berlin.” Wikipedia
- Ninja Assassin 2009
- 1899 2022–
- Beauty and the Beast 2014
- Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten 1992–
- Murderers Among Us 1946
- Flame & Citron 2008
- Münchhausen 1943
- Les Misérables 1958
- Phantom 1922
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Asphalt
1929
“With the exception of a few cleverly edited live-action shots, the street scenes were filmed at the UFA Studios in Neubabelsberg.” Wikipedia
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Maxton Hall — The World Between Us
2024–
“Party scenes were filmed at a villa in the Neubabelsberg villa colony, Ruby's family house is located in the New Garden.” Wikipedia
- The Blackguard 1925
- Der Untertan 1951
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Große Freiheit Nr. 7
1944
“Due to the threat of Allied bombing raids to Hamburg Harbour and to the Ufa studios in Berlin's Neubabelsberg and Tempelhof when it was made in 1943 (May to November), most of the movie was shot in Prague's Barrandov Studios by Helmut Käutner, as the first Agfa colorfilm by Terra.” Wikipedia
- Kleo 2022–2024
- Chingachgook: The Great Snake 1967
- Snowshoe Bandits 1928
- Via Mala 1945
- Vienna 1910 1943
- 3faltig 2010
- The Years Pass 1945
- The Story of a Colonial Deed 1943
Movies and TV series filmed elsewhere in Babelsberg
1 production shot at 1 place inside Babelsberg, each named beside it. Separate from the list above, which is what Wikidata records against Babelsberg itself.
- Schloss Einstein Klein Glienicke per Wikipedia 1998–
Filming locations nearby
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Landmarks & buildings
Karl-Liebknecht-Stadion
Germany·under 1 km
association football stadium in Potsdam, Germany
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Towns & cities
Neubabelsberg
Germany·under 1 km
human settlement in Germany
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Landmarks & buildings
Altes Rathaus
Germany·1 km south-west
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Towns & cities
Klein Glienicke
Germany·1 km north
dwelling place
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Castles & palaces
Glienicke Palace
Germany·2 km north
palace in Berlin, Germany
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Streets & squares
Glienicke Bridge
Germany·2 km north-west
bridge over the Havel river near Potsdam
Frequently asked questions
What was filmed in Babelsberg?
38 productions are recorded as filmed in Babelsberg, 1 of them at places inside it, including The Sandman and the Lost Sand of Dreams (2010), Metropolis (1927) and Bridge of Spies (2015). 36 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.
Which is the best known production filmed in Babelsberg?
The Sandman and the Lost Sand of Dreams (2010), covered by 3 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.
Where is Babelsberg?
Babelsberg is in Germany. Its coordinates are 52.4000, 13.1000.
What other filming locations are near Babelsberg?
Karl-Liebknecht-Stadion (under 1 km), Neubabelsberg (under 1 km), Altes Rathaus (1 km south-west), Klein Glienicke (1 km north) 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 Times, CC BY-SA 3.0.