Landscapes & nature
Sahara
desert on the African continent
Niger · 23.0797, 12.6122
Sahara is named as a filming location in the Wikipedia articles of 20 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.
“Partly filmed on location near Sognefjord in Norway (as Soviet Union) and the Sahara (as Pakistan), the film is a homage to the Bob Hope and Bing Crosby Road to... film series.”
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Sahara 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.
- Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope 1977
- Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace 1999
- Raiders of the Lost Ark 1981
- The Mummy 1999
- Cabiria 1914
- The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser 1974
- Spies Like Us 1985
- The Physician 2013
- Legend of the Lost 1957
- Ishtar 1987
- Fort Saganne 1984
- Vagabond 2019–
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Ashanti
1979
“Despite its impressive cast and setting (on location in the Sahara, and in Kenya, Israel, and Sicily), Ashanti was widely panned by critics upon release.” Wikipedia
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L'Atlantide
1921
“When Jacques Feyder obtained the rights to film Benoit's novel, he insisted that the film should be made on location in the Sahara, a strategy which no filmmaker had previously used for a project on this scale.” Wikipedia
- Aadujeevitham: The Goat Life
- The Mistress of Atlantis 1932
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Fata Morgana
1970
“Fata Morgana is a 1971 film by Werner Herzog, shot in 1968 and 1969, which captures mirages in the Sahara and Sahel deserts.” Wikipedia
- Station Six-Sahara 1962
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Once Upon a Time in the Middle East
2026
“A select few scenes which required a Middle Eastern environment were filmed in the Egyptian Sahara.” Wikipedia
- The White Squadron 1949
Other filming locations in Niger
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Towns & cities
Agadez
Niger
urban commune in Niger
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Landmarks & buildings
Great Mosque of Agadez
Niger
mosque in Agadez, Niger
Frequently asked questions
What was filmed at Sahara?
20 productions are recorded as filmed at Sahara, including Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977), Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999) and Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981). 20 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.
Which is the best known production filmed at Sahara?
Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977), covered by 96 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.
Where is Sahara?
Sahara is in Niger. Its coordinates are 23.0797, 12.6122.
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 Project Apollo Archive, Public domain.