🏙 Towns & cities
Mosul
city in northern Iraq and capital of Nineveh Province
🇮🇶 Iraq · 36.3417, 43.1292
Mosul is recorded as a filming location for 1 production. Wikidata records these shoots at town level — somewhere in Mosul, rather than at one identified spot.
“The film's opening sequences were filmed in and near Mosul, Iraq, at a time when the US and Iraq did not have diplomatic relations; Warner Bros.”
Movies filmed in Mosul
Other filming locations in Iraq
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Hatra
🇮🇶 Iraq
ancient city in northern Iraq
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🌍 Countries & regions
Iraq
🇮🇶 Iraq
sovereign state in Western Asia
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🏙 Towns & cities
Sulaymaniyah
🇮🇶 Iraq
city in Iraq
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Babylon
🇮🇶 Iraq
capital city of Babylonia and an archaeological site in modern-day Iraq
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Baghdad
🇮🇶 Iraq
capital city of Iraq
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🎭 Fictional places
tower of Babel
🇮🇶 Iraq
structure stated in Genesis to have been under construction by humans while they all spoke a single language, and abandoned unfinished after their tongues were confused
Frequently asked questions
What was filmed in Mosul?
1 production is recorded as filmed in Mosul, including The Exorcist (1973).
Where is Mosul?
Mosul is in Iraq, at 36.3417, 43.1292.
Where does this information come from?
Filming location statements on Wikidata, joined to the place's coordinates and Wikipedia article. The photograph is from Wikimedia Commons, by Copyright © 2013 Younus Alhamdani, CC BY-SA 4.0.