🏙 Towns & cities
Geneva
capital of the canton of Geneva, Switzerland
🇨🇭 Switzerland · 46.2000, 6.1500
Geneva is recorded as a filming location for 15 productions. Wikidata records these shoots at town level — somewhere in Geneva, rather than at one identified spot. Wikipedia names it for 2 more.
1 place inside Geneva has a page of its own — listed below. Everything shot at it is already named above, recorded against Geneva as well.
“Dream Team 1935 was shot in Latvia and Geneva.”
Movies filmed in Geneva
- Contagion 2011
- Three Colours: Red 1994
- Syriana 2005
- The Cassandra Crossing 1976
- The Unbearable Lightness of Being 1988
- Sandra 1965
- Every Man for Himself 1980
- Hail Mary 1985
- The Swindle 1997
- Nouvelle Vague 1990
- Secret Agents 2004
- The Adversary 2002
- Dream Team 1935 2012
- Isabelle Eberhardt 1991
- Azzurro 2000
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Geneva 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.
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Rollerball
1975
“The sequence where Jonathan E. visits Geneva to consult with Zero the supercomputer concerning corporate decisions uses exterior shots of the Palace of Nations.” Wikipedia
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30 Coins
2020–
“Other brief shooting locations include New York, Jerusalem, Paris, Geneva, Rome, Campo Real, Madrid, and Alcalá de Henares (including outdoor shots).” Wikipedia
Filming locations inside Geneva
1 place inside Geneva, with a page of its own. Every production shot at it is already listed above, because Wikidata records it against Geneva too.
Set here, per Wikipedia
Games whose English Wikipedia article says they are set in Geneva, where Wikidata’s narrative-location statement stops at the country. Still a setting and not a shoot, and still a sentence rather than a statement — two steps from the strongest evidence on this atlas, and labelled at both.
Filming locations nearby
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Frequently asked questions
What was filmed in Geneva?
17 productions are recorded as filmed in Geneva, including Contagion (2011), Three Colours: Red (1994) and Syriana (2005). 2 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.
Which is the best known production filmed in Geneva?
Contagion (2011), covered by 52 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.
Where is Geneva?
Geneva is in Switzerland, at 46.2000, 6.1500. The day trip guide for Geneva lists 41 filming locations within 100 km.
What other filming locations are near Geneva?
CERN, Large Hadron Collider, Megève, Annecy and 2 more, all within about 40 km and listed on this page.
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 Yann, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Planning a visit? Filming locations near Geneva — 41 places within 100 km, with distances and directions.