Maps of Movies
The White Ribbon (2009)
Where The White Ribbon says it takes place, and where it was really shot.
The village of Eichwald never existed: it was filmed in Netzow, with a manor in the far north and a studio in Leipzig
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Scenes and places
The wire across the road (1913)
A wire stretched between two trees brings the doctor down from his horse. Nobody sees who put it there, and the first unease settles over the village.
Set in Eichwald (fictional village) — The country road where the village doctor's horse is brought down by a wire stretched between two trees.
A village road in the fictional Protestant village of Eichwald, 1913.
Filmed at Netzow, Plattenburg (doctor's house built for the film) (Netzow, Prignitz, Brandenburg, Plattenburg, Germany) — The doctor's house was newly built for the shoot and no longer stands; the village is the nearest surviving place. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The rotten floorboards (1913)
An overworked farmer's wife falls through the rotten floorboards of the sawmill and dies. Her family's grief turns into resentment against the baron.
Set in Eichwald (fictional village) — The village sawmill where an overworked farmer's wife dies when rotten floorboards give way.
A working sawmill, one of the few places in the village where farm labour is shown at its hardest.
Filmed at Sawmill, Zechlinerhütte (Rheinsberg) (Zechlinerhütte, Brandenburg, Rheinsberg, Germany) — An empty carpentry workshop in Zechlinerhütte stood in for the sawmill. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The baron's cabbage field (1913)
After his mother's death, the farmer's son cuts down the baron's cabbages. The act is small and deliberate, and it is a message.
Set in Eichwald (fictional village) — The steward's house and the baron's cabbage field on the manor farm.
The working farmyard of the manor, with the steward's house beside the cabbage rows.
Filmed at Johannstorf manor farmyard, Dassow (Johannstorf, Mecklenburg, Dassow, Germany) — A farmyard at Schloss Johannstorf, with added windows, added doors and a set wall with cabbage plants, stood in for the steward's house; this rests on one location site only. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The harvest festival at the manor (1913)
The baron pays for the harvest festival and the whole village comes. His young son Sigi vanishes that day, and the baron dismisses Eva, the nanny, in the fallout.
Set in Eichwald (fictional village) — The baron's manor, where the harvest festival is held and, the next morning, the baron's son is found.
A manor house and its grounds, the centre of the baron's power over the surrounding farms.
Filmed at Schloss Johannstorf, Dassow (Johannstorf, Mecklenburg, Dassow, Germany) — The castle and its courtyard served as the baron's manor; the castle burnt down in 2025. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Filmed at Fields around Netzow (Netzow, Prignitz, Brandenburg, Plattenburg, Germany) — Fields around the village stand in for the harvest scenes and the schoolteacher's cart rides; named by one location site only. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The pastor's confirmation class (1913)
The pastor gives his confirmation class a guilty conscience over small faults and makes them wear white ribbons as a reminder of innocence. The children obey in silence.
Set in Eichwald (fictional village) — The village church and parsonage, where the pastor holds confirmation classes.
A plain village church and parsonage, where the pastor's authority is strongest.
Filmed at Village church, Netzow (Netzow, Prignitz, Brandenburg, Plattenburg, Germany) — The church in Netzow, with a plaque thanking the film crew; the exact spot is named by one location site only. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Christmas at Eva's family home (1913)
The schoolteacher visits Eva's family at Christmas to ask for her hand. Her taciturn father agrees, but only after a one-year wait.
Set in Eichwald (fictional village) — Eva's family home, which the schoolteacher visits in the Christmas break.
A quiet family home away from Eichwald.
Filmed at Village school (Netzow youth club) (Netzow, Prignitz, Brandenburg, Plattenburg, Germany) — The village school Google Maps · Apple Maps
Filmed at Cobbled street, Netzow (Netzow, Prignitz, Brandenburg, Plattenburg, Germany) — The village street Google Maps · Apple Maps
Filmed at Michaelisbruch, Dreetz (Michaelisbruch, Prignitz, Brandenburg, Dreetz, Germany) — Other village scenes Google Maps · Apple Maps
Filmed at Media City Atelier studio, Leipzig (Leipzig, Saxony, Leipzig, Germany) — Interiors Google Maps · Apple Maps
Characters
- The schoolteacher — The village schoolteacher who narrates the story years later, and Eva's fiancé.
- Eva — A young nanny to the baron's children and the schoolteacher's fiancée.
- The pastor — The village's puritanical pastor, who has his confirmation class wear white ribbons.
Questions answered on the map
- Where was the village of Eichwald really filmed?