Towns & cities
Lancaster
city in central Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States
United States · 40.0397, -76.3044
Lancaster is named as a filming location in the Wikipedia articles of 3 productions, in the section each entry below links back to. No Wikidata filming statement points here yet, so this page says plainly which kind of evidence it rests on.
“The film was shot on location in Philadelphia and the city and towns of Intercourse, Lancaster, Strasburg, and Parkesburg.”
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Lancaster as somewhere it was shot, with no matching statement on Wikidata. Weaker evidence than a Wikidata statement, and labelled as what it is, each production’s own page links the exact section the claim comes from.
- Witness 1985
- The Boys from Brazil 1978
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Beloved
1998
“Shooting also took place on the north side of the Schuylkill River within Valley Forge National Historical Park in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, and at the Landis Valley Museum in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.” Wikipedia
Filming locations nearby
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Lancaster County
United States·5 km east
county in Pennsylvania, United States
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Strasburg
United States·12 km south-east
borough in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
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Intercourse
United States·17 km east
unincorporated community in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States
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Parkesburg
United States·34 km east
borough in Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
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Palmyra
United States·39 km north-west
borough in western Lebanon County, Pennsylvania
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Hershey
United States·40 km north-west
Unincorporated community in Derry Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States
Frequently asked questions
What was filmed in Lancaster?
3 productions are recorded as filmed in Lancaster, including Witness (1985), The Boys from Brazil (1978) and Beloved (1998). 3 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.
Which is the best known production filmed in Lancaster?
Witness (1985), covered by 47 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.
Where is Lancaster?
Lancaster is in the United States. Its coordinates are 40.0397, -76.3044.
What other filming locations are near Lancaster?
Lancaster County (5 km east), Strasburg (12 km south-east), Intercourse (17 km east), Parkesburg (34 km east) 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 Randolph Carney, CC BY-SA 3.0.