🏙 Towns & cities
Genoa
Italian city
🇮🇹 Italy · 44.4072, 8.9339
Genoa is recorded as a filming location for 2 productions. Wikidata records these shoots at town level — somewhere in Genoa, rather than at one identified spot. Wikipedia names it for 6 more.
“Cinematographer Giuseppe Lanci said they opted to shoot in Ancona, looking for a sea and port and deciding against Genoa for its large size and Trieste for its distractingly beautiful buildings.”
Movies filmed in Genoa
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Genoa 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.
- The Day of the Jackal 1973
- Grace of Monaco 2014
- The Son's Room 2001
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The Pleasure Garden
1925
“The film was shot in 1925 in Italy (Alassio, Genoa, and Lake Como) and Germany.” Wikipedia
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Pirates
1986
“An accurate replica above the waterline, but sporting a steel hull and a 400 HP auxiliary engine, the Neptune was and still is entered into the Tunisian naval registry, and is currently a tourist attraction in the port of Genoa, where its interior can be visited for a 6 euro fee.” Wikipedia
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High Crime
1973
“High Crime was filmed at Incir De Paolis in Rome and on location in Genoa, Ligurian coast, Marseille.” Wikipedia
Named here by Genoa’s own Wikipedia article
Productions this page’s own Wikipedia article says were shot at Genoa, where neither Wikidata nor the production’s own article records it. That is the weakest evidence on this atlas, so these get no pin on the map and stay out of the downloads — the sentence is quoted in full below each one so you can judge it.
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Pirates 1986
“In 1985 were filmed in Genoa some scenes of Pirates by Roman Polanski, finished shooting they left in the Old Harbour the galleon Neptune.” Wikipedia
Set here, per Wikipedia
Games whose English Wikipedia article says they are set in Genoa, 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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🏙 Towns & cities
Portofino
🇮🇹 Italy
Italian comune
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Italian Riviera
🇮🇹 Italy
coastal area in the Liguria region
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🏙 Towns & cities
Santa Margherita Ligure
🇮🇹 Italy
Italian comune
Frequently asked questions
What was filmed in Genoa?
8 productions are recorded as filmed in Genoa, including The Walls of Malapaga (1949), Genova (2008) and The Day of the Jackal (1973). 6 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.
Which is the best known production filmed in Genoa?
The Walls of Malapaga (1949), covered by 29 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.
Where is Genoa?
Genoa is in Italy, at 44.4072, 8.9339.
What other filming locations are near Genoa?
Portofino, Italian Riviera and Santa Margherita Ligure, 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 patano, CC BY-SA 3.0.