Maps of Movies
X-Men: First Class (2011)
Where X-Men: First Class says it takes place, and where it was really shot.
A Berkshire country house plays New York, a Georgia island plays Cuba, and a mountain province plays an Argentine beach town
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Scenes and places
The gate at Auschwitz (1944)
A boy torn from his parents bends a metal gate with nothing but anger, and the officer watching decides he wants him.
Set in Auschwitz concentration camp — 1944: a young Erik Lehnsherr is taken from his parents and bends a metal gate with his mind.
The 1944 camp where Erik's power first appears.
The mansion in Westchester (1944)
Charles finds a stranger raiding his kitchen and, instead of calling for help, offers her a home. It is the first thing he ever builds: a family of mutants.
Set in Xavier mansion, Westchester County, New York — Young telepath Charles Xavier meets Raven, a blue-skinned shapeshifter, and invites her to live with him as his sister.
A New York estate in the film; a Berkshire country house in real life.
Filmed at Englefield House, Berkshire, England — English country house used as the X-Mansion; its interior was redecorated to match the earlier films. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Hunting Schmidt in Argentina (1962)
Erik follows a single name to a seaside town, sure that it will lead him to the man who made him.
Set in Villa Gesell, Argentina — Erik learns that Schmidt is in Argentina and goes after him in the coastal city of Villa Gesell. Google Maps · Apple Maps
A beach resort on Argentina's Atlantic coast.
Charles at Oxford (1962)
Charles collects a doctorate on the strength of a mutation he cannot yet admit to the world.
Set in University of Oxford, England — In 1962 Charles Xavier earns his doctorate from the University of Oxford. Google Maps · Apple Maps
A medieval college town, filmed on the first two days of shooting.
Filmed at St Aldate's and University of Oxford buildings, Oxford — Principal photography began here on August 31, 2010, and lasted two days. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The Hellfire Club in Las Vegas (1962)
Moira tails a colonel into a club that is not what it seems, and sees the first mutants she has ever met.
Set in Hellfire Club, Las Vegas — CIA officer Moira MacTaggert follows Colonel Hendry into the club, where he meets Schmidt, now called Sebastian Shaw, and his mutant circle.
A fictional Las Vegas club; no filming location is named in the sources.
The CIA in Washington (1962)
Charles and Raven have to prove to skeptical officials that mutants are real, and the proof is Charles reading a mind in the room.
Set in CIA headquarters, Washington, D.C. — MacTaggert takes Xavier and Raven to the CIA to convince Director McCone that mutants exist and that Shaw is a threat. Google Maps · Apple Maps
The capital city; the sources do not name a specific building.
Filmed at Washington, D.C. — The city is named as a filming location; no specific building is given. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Shaw in Moscow (1962)
Shaw sits across from Soviet generals and talks them into the one move that will push two superpowers toward war.
Set in Moscow, Soviet Union — Shaw compels the Soviet generals to install missiles in Cuba.
The Soviet capital; the sources say only that some filming took place in Russia, without naming a place.
The blockade line off Cuba (1962)
The young mutants fly toward two fleets at the brink of war, with only a few days of training behind them.
Set in Blockade line off Cuba — With McCoy piloting, the mutants and MacTaggert fly to the blockade line as the Soviet fleet approaches.
Open water at sea, so no fixed map point; the film shows Cuba only as the reason for the blockade.
Filmed at Jekyll Island, Georgia, USA — Georgia island chosen to play the Cuban coast; palm trees were planted in the sand. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Characters
- Charles Xavier — A telepath who takes in other mutants and finishes his Oxford doctorate in 1962.
- Erik Lehnsherr — A young man who bends metal with his mind and spends years tracking Klaus Schmidt.
- Sebastian Shaw — Once Klaus Schmidt, an energy-absorbing mutant whose powers have kept him young.