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Mission: Impossible (1996)
Where Mission: Impossible says it takes place, and where it was really shot.
The Prague chase is real streets and bridges, but the safe house, the embassy interiors and the train were built or composited elsewhere.
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Scenes and places
The opening mission in Kyiv (1996)
Jim Phelps's team interrogates a contact in an opening mission, then Jim watches a recorded briefing that sends him to Prague. The briefing says Ethan Hunt is now in Kiev and will rendezvous in Prague.
Set in Kyiv — The city where Ethan Hunt is said to be when the briefing tape sends Jim to Prague. Google Maps · Apple Maps
The safe house in Prague (1996)
Jim briefs the team in the Prague safe house and assigns roles for an embassy reception sting. Jack will hack fingerprint security through an elevator shaft.
Set in Prague safe house — The team's hideout in Prague where Jim assigns roles for the embassy reception. Google Maps · Apple Maps
Filmed at Platnéřská street, next to the Four Seasons Hotel, Prague (Prague, Czechia) — Exterior of the safe house entrance. All interior filming was done at Pinewood Studios. The coordinates are those of a Commons photo of the street, not a surveyed spot. Google Maps · Apple Maps
How to get there: In Prague's Old Town, beside the Four Seasons Hotel.
Filmed at Pinewood Studios, Buckinghamshire (Iver Heath, United Kingdom) — Interior of the safe house was built here. Google Maps · Apple Maps
How to get there: A working film studio, not open for walk-in visits.
The embassy party (1996)
Ethan and Sarah work an embassy party while the team tries to catch Golitsyn stealing the NOC list. The plan breaks down when Jack is struck down inside.
Set in U.S. Embassy, Prague — The embassy reception where the team tries to catch the thief of the NOC list.
Filmed at National Museum, Wenceslas Square, Prague (Prague, Czechia) — Used for the embassy. One guide says the staircase scenes; a second article says the interiors. Google Maps · Apple Maps
How to get there: At the top of Wenceslas Square.
Filmed at Liechtenstein Palace, Kampa Island, Prague (Prague, Czechia) — Used for the embassy. One guide says the exit gate; a second article says the exterior shots. Coordinates are from the Wikidata filming-location entry. Google Maps · Apple Maps
How to get there: On Kampa Island, Malá Strana.
The ambush at Charles Bridge (1996)
The operation turns into an ambush near the bridge as Ethan chases Golitsyn despite Jim's call to abort. He sees teammates fall.
Set in Charles Bridge — The bridge where the operation turns into an ambush and Ethan sees his teammates fall. Google Maps · Apple Maps
Medieval stone arch bridge over the Vltava, begun 1357 under Charles IV and completed 1402.
Filmed at Charles Bridge, Prague (Prague, Czechia) — Filmed here. Jim's fall into the river was performed by a stuntman from the bridge. A car explosion was filmed on Na Kampě. Google Maps · Apple Maps
How to get there: Walk across the bridge between the Old Town and Malá Strana.
The call from the riverbank (1996)
Ethan reaches the CIA by secure line, shaken, and says his team is dead. Kittridge tells him to meet in one hour.
Set in Riverside phone box, Prague — A phone on the river where Ethan reaches the CIA and says his team is dead. Google Maps · Apple Maps
The aquarium restaurant (1996)
Kittridge meets Ethan at a restaurant, hands him a passport, and reveals the stolen list was a decoy in a mole hunt. He then shows Ethan that money has appeared in his family's account.
Set in Akvarium restaurant, Prague — The restaurant where Kittridge meets Ethan and reveals the mole hunt.
Historic square in Prague's Old Town between Wenceslas Square and Charles Bridge.
Filmed at Old Town Square, Prague (Prague, Czechia) — The square Ethan runs into after the restaurant blows up. Google Maps · Apple Maps
How to get there: Old Town Square, between Wenceslas Square and Charles Bridge.
Filmed at Železná street, Prague (Prague, Czechia) — Listed as a filming location; one blog places the scene where the south side of Old Town Square meets Železná street, on Ethan's walk to the restaurant. No coordinates were found. Google Maps · Apple Maps
How to get there: South of Old Town Square.
Back at the safe house at four (1996)
Back at the 4 a.m. rendezvous, Ethan finds Claire alive and does not trust her at first. He decides to answer the message meant for the mole called Job.
Set in Prague safe house — The rendezvous point the team agreed to return to if the mission was aborted. Google Maps · Apple Maps
Meeting the arms dealer Max (1996)
Ethan goes to meet the arms dealer Max, is searched, and pitches himself as someone who can deliver the real NOC list. Max agrees to a deal and promises to deliver Job.
Set in Max's office, Prague — The arms dealer's headquarters where Ethan offers to deliver the real list.
Filmed at Grand Hotel Evropa, Wenceslas Square, Prague (Prague, Czechia) — Filmed inside the hotel; the Czech Film Commission lists it as "Europa Hotel". One blog adds that Max's apartment and the CIA agent's lobby are inside it. Coordinates are from the Czech Wikipedia article Hotel Evropa. Google Maps · Apple Maps
How to get there: On Wenceslas Square.
Slipping through the Old Town (1996)
Between Max's meeting and the break-in plan, Ethan's movements are tracked by his pursuers.
Set in Prague Old Town streets — Streets near the Powder Gate where Ethan is tracked by his pursuers. Google Maps · Apple Maps
Filmed at Municipal House, Prague (Prague, Czechia) — Filmed in the Municipal House next to the Powder Gate. Listed by the Czech Film Commission and a second site. Coordinates from Wikidata Q2334312. Google Maps · Apple Maps
How to get there: Next to the Powder Gate.
Filmed at Powder Gate, Prague (Prague, Czechia) — Shown behind the actors on Hybernská street. Coordinates are from a Commons photo of the gate. Google Maps · Apple Maps
How to get there: In Prague's Old Town, beside the Municipal House.
Filmed at Hybernská street, Prague (Prague, Czechia) — The chase runs along Hybernská street, with the Powder Gate behind the actors. One blog places a scene near the Hybernská and Havlíčkova crossing. Coordinates are a representative point of the street (Czech Wikipedia). Google Maps · Apple Maps
How to get there: A short walk from the Powder Gate.
Planning the CIA break-in (1996)
The team plans to steal the NOC list from a guarded black vault in CIA headquarters. Alarms and a fire alarm are used to get one man into the vault.
Set in CIA headquarters, Langley — The headquarters whose guarded black vault holds the NOC list. Google Maps · Apple Maps
CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia; the Original Headquarters Building opened in 1961.
Filmed at Pinewood Studios, Stage A, Buckinghamshire (Iver Heath, United Kingdom) — The CIA vault was a set built on Stage A, raised off the floor. Source is a crew interview, not an official list. Google Maps · Apple Maps
How to get there: Studio, not open to visitors.
Filmed at Former government building, London (London, United Kingdom) — One blog says the corridor before the CIA break-in was shot in an old government building in London. The building is not named. Google Maps · Apple Maps
How to get there:
Jim in London (1996)
Ethan's family is shown being arrested in Wisconsin on TV, then Jim, wounded, finds Ethan in London. Jim tells him he saw who shot him.
Set in Liverpool Street Station, London — The London terminus where Ethan phones from and meets Jim in a cafe. Google Maps · Apple Maps
Major London terminus opened in 1874 as the Great Eastern Railway's main London terminus.
Filmed at Liverpool Street Station, London (London, United Kingdom) — Ethan's phone call under the clock was filmed here; the cafe meeting at Ponti's Cafe. Google Maps · Apple Maps
How to get there: Liverpool Street station, central London.
The plan on the Thames (1996)
Ethan and Jim plan a trade on the TGV to Paris, with the NOC list as bait to draw out the mole.
Set in Thames-side London — Ethan and Jim plan a trade on the TGV to Paris with the list as bait. Google Maps · Apple Maps
Filmed at Tower Bridge, London (London, United Kingdom) — A location list ties Tower Bridge to Kittridge's helicopter arrival in London; which scene in this sequence it matches isn't known. Google Maps · Apple Maps
How to get there: On the Thames next to the Tower of London.
The train to Paris (1996)
The team boards the TGV; Ethan is to hand the list to Max. A message arrives that the deal has changed and the trade has moved to the baggage car.
Set in TGV to Paris — The high-speed train where the trade is to take place.
Filmed at Pinewood Studios, 007 Stage, Buckinghamshire (Iver Heath, United Kingdom) — Most of the train sequence was shot here against a blue screen, later digitized by Industrial Light & Magic. Train exteriors were filmed on the Glasgow South Western Line between New Cumnock, Dumfries and Annan. Google Maps · Apple Maps
How to get there: A working film studio, not open for walk-in visits.
Toward the Channel Tunnel (1996)
The train is heading toward the Channel Tunnel while Ethan's plan is under way.
Set in Channel Tunnel — The undersea rail tunnel the train is heading toward. Google Maps · Apple Maps
Filmed at The Anchor, Bankside, London (London, United Kingdom) — Scene not identified Google Maps · Apple Maps
Filmed at Drake Hotel, Chicago (Chicago, United States) — Scene not identified Google Maps · Apple Maps
Filmed at Champaign, Illinois (Champaign, United States) — Scene not identified Google Maps · Apple Maps
Filmed at Fleet, Hampshire (Fleet, United Kingdom) — Scene not identified Google Maps · Apple Maps
Filmed at McLean, Virginia (McLean, United States) — Scene not identified Google Maps · Apple Maps
Filmed at Barrandov Studios, Prague (Prague, Czechia) — Scene not identified Google Maps · Apple Maps
Filmed at Kampa Island, Prague (Prague, Czechia) — Car explosion Google Maps · Apple Maps
Characters
- Ethan Hunt — An agent in Jim Phelps's team who is in Kyiv when the film opens and chases the thief at the Prague operation.
- Jim Phelps — The team leader who briefs the Prague operation and calls the abort.
- Kittridge — The CIA contact who meets Ethan after the ambush and reveals the mole hunt.
Questions answered on the map
- Which scenes of the Prague mission were really filmed in Prague?