Filming locations in Zimbabwe

4 places in Zimbabwe recorded as a filming location for a film or television series.

1 landscape or natural place · 3 towns & cities

Locations in Zimbabwe

Set in Zimbabwe, not filmed there

1 more place in Zimbabwe appears on this atlas because a game, an anime or a manga is SET there. Nothing was filmed at it: a drawn or rendered work is filmed nowhere, and some of these places are invented and pinned on what Wikidata says they are based on.

Towns & cities

Great Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe

ruined city in the south-eastern hills of Zimbabwe near Lake Mutirikwe and the town of Masvingo, was once the capital of the Kingdom of Zimbabwe during the country's Late Iron Age

Also shot in Zimbabwe, without a precise location

Wikidata records 14 more productions as shot in Zimbabwe while naming only the country or the state — true, and too coarse to pin, so they are named here rather than dropped or guessed at.

Also named as shot in Zimbabwe by their Wikipedia articles

2 productions name Zimbabwe in their Wikipedia articles as where they were shot, without a place inside it, so they are listed here rather than pinned or dropped.

Productions filmed in Zimbabwe

Frequently asked questions

How many filming locations are in Zimbabwe?

4 places in Zimbabwe are recorded on this atlas: 1 landscape or natural place and 3 towns & cities. Every one is listed on this page.

Which famous productions were filmed in Zimbabwe?

Cry Freedom (1987), White Hunter Black Heart (1990), A Dry White Season (1989) and King Solomon's Mines (1985), by number of Wikipedia language editions.

Where does this information come from?

Filming location statements on Wikidata, joined to each place's coordinates, photograph and Wikipedia article. A country that looks thin means sparse Wikidata coverage, never that nothing was filmed there.