🏙 Towns & cities
Potsdam
capital city of the German state of Brandenburg
🇩🇪 Germany · 52.4000, 13.0667
Potsdam is recorded as a filming location for 3 productions. Wikidata records these shoots at town level — somewhere in Potsdam, rather than at one identified spot. Wikipedia names it for 18 more.
10 productions were filmed at 8 places inside Potsdam rather than at Potsdam itself — listed below, each with the place it was shot.
“V for Vendetta was filmed in London, England, and in Potsdam, Germany, at Babelsberg Studios.”
Movies filmed in Potsdam
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Potsdam 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.
- V for Vendetta 2005
- Inglourious Basterds 2009
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The Pianist
2002
“Soon after, the film crew moved to a villa in Potsdam, which served as the house where Szpilman meets Hosenfeld.” Wikipedia
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Barry Lyndon
1975
“Frederick II of Prussia's Neues Palais at Potsdam near Berlin, at the time East Germany, was also used as a location (suggesting Berlin's main street Unter den Linden as construction in Potsdam had just begun in 1763).” Wikipedia
- Bridge of Spies 2015
- The Matrix Resurrections 2021
- Monuments Men 2014
- The Book Thief 2013
- Hanna 2011
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Speed Racer
2008
“Speed Racer was shot in and around Potsdam and Berlin from June to August 2007.” Wikipedia
- The Three Musketeers 2011
- Pandorum 2009
- A Cure for Wellness 2016
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Spencer
2021
“Other filming locations were the Schloss Marquardt in Marquardt, north of the city of Potsdam, and Nordkirchen Castle, the moated castle.” Wikipedia
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A Hidden Life
2019
“The film began production in Studio Babelsberg in Potsdam, Germany, in summer 2016.” Wikipedia
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1899
2022–
“Filming officially began on 3 May 2021, at Studio Babelsberg in Potsdam, the only designated UNESCO Creative City of Film in Germany.” Wikipedia
- Generation War 2013–
- The Empress 2022–
Movies and TV series filmed elsewhere in Potsdam
10 productions shot at 8 places inside Potsdam, each named beside it. Separate from the list above, which is what Wikidata records against Potsdam itself.
- Enemy at the Gates Krampnitz 2001
- Cloud Atlas Babelsberg per Wikipedia 2012
- Around the World in 80 Days Sanssouci Park 2004
- Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters Babelsberg per Wikipedia 2013
- Three Nuts for Cinderella Babelsberg per Wikipedia 1973
- The Fall of Berlin Babelsberg per Wikipedia 1950
- Babylon Berlin Church of the Redeemer per Wikipedia 2017–
- Woman in the Moon Babelsberg per Wikipedia 1929
- Beauty and the Beast Babelsberg per Wikipedia 2014
- Flame & Citron Babelsberg per Wikipedia 2008
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🏰 Castles & palaces
New Palace
🇩🇪 Germany
Palace in Sanssouci, Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany
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🏰 Castles & palaces
Schloss Marquardt
🇩🇪 Germany
manor in Potsdam, Brandenburg state, Germany
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🛣 Streets & squares
Glienicke Bridge
🇩🇪 Germany
bridge over the Havel river near Potsdam
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Krampnitz
🇩🇪 Germany
barracks and former military school in Germany
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🏙 Towns & cities
Babelsberg
🇩🇪 Germany
District of the Brandenburg capital Potsdam in Germany
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Sanssouci Park
🇩🇪 Germany
park in Potsdam, Germany
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🏰 Castles & palaces
Sanssouci Palace
🇩🇪 Germany
Palace in Brandenburg, Germany
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Church of the Redeemer
🇩🇪 Germany
church in Potsdam, Germany
Filming locations nearby
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🏙 Towns & cities
Berlin
🇩🇪 Germany
federated state, capital and largest city of Germany
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🎬 Studios & sets
Babelsberg Studio
🇩🇪 Germany
film studio in Potsdam, Germany
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🏙 Towns & cities
Stahnsdorf
🇩🇪 Germany
municipality in Brandenburg state, Germany
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🏙 Towns & cities
Beelitz
🇩🇪 Germany
town in Brandenburg state, Germany
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🏰 Castles & palaces
Brandenburg Gate
🇩🇪 Germany
triumphal arch in Berlin, Germany
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🛣 Streets & squares
Unterführung Messedamm
🇩🇪 Germany
Frequently asked questions
What was filmed in Potsdam?
31 productions are recorded as filmed in Potsdam, 10 of them at places inside it, including The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 (2015), Æon Flux (2005) and The Collini Case (2019). 18 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.
Which is the best known production filmed in Potsdam?
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 (2015), covered by 46 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.
Where is Potsdam?
Potsdam is in Germany, at 52.4000, 13.0667.
What other filming locations are near Potsdam?
Berlin, Babelsberg Studio, Stahnsdorf, Beelitz 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 Paul Korecky, CC BY-SA 2.0.