Maps of Movies
Wonder Woman (2017)
Where Wonder Woman says it takes place, and where it was really shot.
An Amazon island that is really southern Italy, a Belgian front that is really England, and the war room that is Westminster
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Scenes and places
The photograph that starts it (1918)
Diana opens a package from Wayne Enterprises: a photograph taken in 1918 of her and four men. It sends her back to where her story began.
Set in The Louvre, Paris — Diana Prince receives a photographic plate taken during World War I and starts to remember. Google Maps · Apple Maps
The Louvre is the former royal palace turned museum on the Right Bank of the Seine.
Filmed at Louvre Museum, Paris — Exterior shots of the Louvre were filmed on location; the museum interior was filmed elsewhere (a blog names the British Museum in London). Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The island shore where a pilot crashes (1918)
Diana, raised on a secret island of warrior women, sees a plane fall into the sea and dives after its pilot. Steve is the first man she has ever met.
Set in Themyscira (beach) — A hidden island of Amazon warriors; a pilot's plane crashes off its coast in 1918.
Filmed at Marina di Camerota, Cilento coast, Italy — Beach scenes were filmed on the Cilento coast near Camerota (Capogrosso beach among them); the cliffs were added digitally. Point is the town, not the exact beach. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The Amazon city and training ground (1918)
Hippolyta wants Diana kept safe; Antiope insists she be trained harder than any Amazon before her. Diana grows into the best fighter on the island.
Set in Themyscira (city and training ground) — The Amazon city where Diana is trained as a warrior by her aunt Antiope.
Filmed at Sassi di Matera, Basilicata, Italy — The Sassi cave districts of Matera double for the Amazon city; the point is the town centre. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The queen's balcony (1918)
Hippolyta tells Diana the story of the gods and the war they lost, but keeps the truth about Diana's own origin back.
Set in Hippolyta's balcony, Themyscira — Queen Hippolyta watches over the island from a high balcony.
Filmed at Villa Cimbrone, Ravello, Italy — A film-location blog names the gardens and terrace of Villa Cimbrone as the queen's balcony. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The tower with the god-killer (1918)
Believing the war is Ares' doing, Diana takes the god-killer sword, the lasso and armour before leaving the island with Steve.
Set in The armory tower, Themyscira — The sword known as the god-killer is kept in the Amazons' armory.
Filmed at Castel del Monte, Apulia, Italy — The courtyard of the 13th-century Castel del Monte stands in for the Amazon armory. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The chemist's secret laboratory (1918)
Dr. Maru's gas research is the reason Steve is in the war's deadliest corner. The notebook he steals proves it.
Set in German secret research facility — Dr. Isabel Maru works on a deadlier mustard gas under General Ludendorff's orders.
Filmed at Tilbury Fort, Essex, England — A film-location blog names Tilbury Fort as the German research facility. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Arriving in 1918 London (1918)
Diana lands in a city of grey coats and rules she has never heard of. Etta helps dress her for it, and Diana will not leave her sword behind.
Set in London, 1918 — Steve brings Diana to a London that looks nothing like her island; she meets Steve's secretary Etta Candy.
A Beaux-Arts building on the Strand, the home of Australia's High Commission.
Filmed at Australia House, Strand, London — Australia House on the Strand was used as a location in the film. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The Supreme War Council (1918)
Diana translates Maru's notes and shows what the Germans plan for the front. The council refuses to act, so Steve decides to go without them.
Set in The Supreme War Council, London — Steve delivers the notebook; the council wants an armistice and will not send troops.
Filmed at One Great George Street, Westminster, London — A film-location blog names this Westminster building as the war council. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Leaving from Paddington (1918)
Steve's hand-picked team of Sameer, Charlie and Chief heads for the front with Diana in tow.
Set in Paddington Station, London — The team leaves London by train for the front.
The Belgian coast (1918)
The team reaches the Western Front. Diana sees what the war has done to the people living near the lines.
Set in The Belgian coast — The team crosses to the Western Front.
A tidal creek off the Swale, in Kent.
Filmed at Lower Halstow Creek, Kent, England — The creek near St Margaret's church was used for the Belgian coast scenes. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Veld and No Man's Land (1918)
Diana crosses No Man's Land alone and frees the village. For the first time the team celebrates, and Diana and Steve fall in love.
Set in Veld, Belgium — A small village behind No Man's Land; its people have been driven out and enslaved.
Filmed at Leavesden Studios, Hertfordshire, England — A film-location blog places the Veld village set at Leavesden studios; a trade interview confirms the trench is a studio set. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The German High Command gala (1918)
Steve and Diana infiltrate the gala to find the gas. Diana wants to stop its general; Steve wants the mission to stay secret.
Set in German High Command chateau, Belgium — Steve and Diana infiltrate a gala hosted by General Ludendorff.
Filmed at Arundel Castle, West Sussex, England — Arundel Castle doubles for a Belgian chateau. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Filmed at Hatfield House, Hertfordshire, England — The Long Gallery interior was used for the gala. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The airfield (1918)
Diana races to the base where the gas is being loaded onto a bomber bound for London.
Set in German airfield — The gas is being loaded onto a bomber bound for London.
Filmed at Former RAF Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire, England — A film-location blog names the former RAF base as the German airfield. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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A London square (1918)
Set in Trafalgar Square, London — A London square in the film's final part. Google Maps · Apple Maps
The most famous square in London.
Filmed at Trafalgar Square, London — Trafalgar Square was closed for filming on a Sunday morning. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Characters
- Diana — An Amazon warrior raised on a hidden island who leaves it in 1918 to end the war she believes Ares started.
- Steve Trevor — A US pilot and Allied spy whose plane crashes off Themyscira and who carries a stolen notebook about a new poison gas.
Questions answered on the map
- Where is the Amazon island really?
- Where is the German general's chateau really?