Maps of Movies

Hugo (2011)

Where Hugo says it takes place, and where it was really shot.

Hugo's Paris station was built in England, while the library and the cinema are the real Paris.

Scenes and places

The museum where the automaton was found (1931)

In a flashback, Hugo's father, a clockmaker, finds a broken automaton in the attic of the museum where he works. It is the machine Hugo will later try to bring back to life.

Set in A museum in Paris (flashback) — The museum where Hugo's father works as a clockmaker and finds the broken automaton. Google Maps · Apple Maps

The Cast Courts are a gallery of plaster copies of famous sculptures at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.

Filmed at Victoria and Albert Museum, Cast Courts, London (South Kensington, London, United Kingdom) — Paris-set flashback scenes with Hugo's father were filmed in the Cast Courts gallery. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Hugo hides in the walls of the station (1931)

In 1931 Paris, twelve-year-old Hugo lives hidden in the walls of the station, secretly keeping its clocks running after his uncle disappears. He fears the station inspector will send him to an orphanage.

Set in Gare Montparnasse, Paris — The station where twelve-year-old Hugo secretly keeps the clocks running. Google Maps · Apple Maps

Gare Montparnasse opened in 1840. The station was relocated in 1969 and the Tour Montparnasse built on the old site.

Filmed at Shepperton Studios, Surrey (station hall set) (Surrey, Shepperton, United Kingdom) — The main station hall was built as a set here. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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The thief at the toy booth (1931)

Hugo steals small mechanical parts from the toy booth. The owner, Georges, catches him, keeps his notebook and offers him work to pay off the debt.

Set in Toy booth inside the station — A small toy booth in the station concourse, run by an old man named Georges.

Slipping past the station inspector (1931)

The station inspector patrols the platforms and hunts for stray children, and Hugo slips away through the crowd.

Set in Gare Montparnasse, entrance and platforms — The station entrance and the trains, patrolled by the station inspector. Google Maps · Apple Maps

In 1895 an express at Gare Montparnasse overran the buffer stop and crashed through the station wall onto the Place de Rennes.

Filmed at Longcross Studios, Surrey (station entrance set) (Surrey, Chertsey, United Kingdom) — The exterior station entrance was built as a set here. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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The film library (1931)

Hugo and Isabelle look for traces of Georges Méliès at a film library and learn that he has been thought to have vanished after the First World War. The film scholar René Tabard agrees to help.

Set in Film Academy Library — A film library where Hugo and Isabelle look for traces of Georges Méliès.

The Sainte-Geneviève Library, designed by Henri Labrouste, opened to the public on 4 February 1851.

Filmed at Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève, Paris (5th arrondissement, Paris, France) — The reading room interior stands in for the Film Academy Library. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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A night at the pictures (1931)

Hugo and Isabelle watch a film together. Hugo says his father used to take him to the movies, and Isabelle says she has never been allowed to go.

Set in A 1930s cinema — A cinema where Hugo and Isabelle watch a film together.

Filmed at The Sorbonne, Paris (5th arrondissement, Paris, France) — A lecture hall was converted into a 1930s cinema hall for filming. Which scene it was used for is not stated in the source. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Filmed at Théâtre de l'Athénée, Paris (9th arrondissement, Paris, France) — Paris streets outside the station (the source does not say which scene) Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at Square de l'Opéra-Louis-Jouvet, Paris (9th arrondissement, Paris, France) — Paris streets outside the station (the source does not say which scene) Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at Place Édouard-VII, Paris (9th arrondissement, Paris, France) — Paris streets outside the station (the source does not say which scene) Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at Gare du Nord, Paris (green main door) (10th arrondissement, Paris, France) — Hugo outside the station (position in the film not given by the source) Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at Place du Panthéon / rue Saint-Jacques area, Paris (5th) (5th arrondissement, Paris, France) — Around the library scenes Google Maps · Apple Maps

Characters

• Hugo Cabret — A twelve-year-old who lives hidden in a Paris station and keeps its clocks running.
• Isabelle — A girl who helps Hugo look into the automaton and the toy booth owner.
• Georges — The owner of the toy booth in the station.

Questions answered on the map

• Where was Hugo's Paris train station really built?