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Melilla
Spanish autonomous city in northwestern Africa
🇪🇸 Spain · 35.2825, -2.9475
Melilla is recorded as a filming location for 5 productions. Wikidata records these shoots at town level — somewhere in Melilla, rather than at one identified spot. Wikipedia names it for 1 more.
“Exterior filming included Benidorm, Melilla, and Miami.”
Movies filmed in Melilla
- The Man Who Knew Infinity 2015
- Telediario 1957
- Golden Balls 1993
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Wild Flowers
2022
“Shooting locations also included Mataró, Banyoles and Melilla.” Wikipedia
- You Shall Die in Chafarinas 1995
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Melilla 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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La unidad
2020–
“Some scenes were filmed in Melilla and a complex terrorist attack scene was shot in Callao, Preciados and Sol in Madrid.” Wikipedia
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Frequently asked questions
What was filmed in Melilla?
6 productions are recorded as filmed in Melilla, including The Man Who Knew Infinity (2015), Telediario (1957) and Golden Balls (1993). 1 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.
Which is the best known production filmed in Melilla?
The Man Who Knew Infinity (2015), covered by 29 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.
Where is Melilla?
Melilla is in Spain, at 35.2825, -2.9475.
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 JJ Merelo, CC BY-SA 2.0.