Maps of Movies
Ballerina (2025)
Where Ballerina says it takes place, and where it was really shot.
Prague plays the Continental hotel and a Croatian ruin plays Eve's childhood home: the film's Hallstatt is filmed in Czechia and Hungary
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The childhood home and the dock
Eve is a child when men from the Cult raid her home. Her father Javier gets her out, and the night decides everything she does afterwards.
Set in Eve's childhood home and dock — The house where Cultists raid and Javier helps Eve escape. The film gives no real-world place name.
A ruined early-20th-century villa in the middle of a historic garden.
Filmed at Villa Aurora, Trsteno Arboretum, Croatia — Villa Aurora, a ruined summer mansion in the Trsteno Arboretum gardens, served as the house and the dock scene. The coordinate is the arboretum, not the villa. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The theater where Eve is recruited
Winston brings the orphaned Eve to the Ruska Roma. She meets the Director and agrees to enlist, and the next twelve years turn her into a ballerina, an assassin and a bodyguard.
Set in Ruska Roma theater — The theater that fronts the Ruska Roma, an assassins' society under the cover of performance dancers.
A grand 1930 movie palace, now a performance and church venue.
Filmed at United Palace, Washington Heights, New York — The former Loew's 175th Street Theater stands in for the Ruska Roma headquarters. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The first mission at Minus Eleven
Eve gets her first contract: keep Katla Park from being ransomed. She trails Katla through the club and has to step in when a threat closes on her.
Set in Minus Eleven nightclub — The club where Eve guards her first ward, Katla Park, as a bodyguard. The film gives no real-world place name for it.
A tropical indoor ecosystem at a zoo, used here as a nightclub.
Filmed at Budapest Zoo Biodome, Hungary — The new biodome at Budapest Zoo, still empty at the time of filming. The coordinate is the whole zoo. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The street fight two months later
Two months later a Cultist attacks Eve, and she sees the mark that her father's killers wore. She asks the Director about the Cult and is forbidden to pursue it.
Set in Street outside the club — The action sequence two months after the first mission, where Eve is attacked by a Cultist.
A central Prague street below the National Theatre.
The New York Continental
Eve disobeys the Director and walks into the Continental to ask for the one man who might know. Winston gives her a warning, then a name, Daniel Pine.
Set in The New York Continental — The hotel where Eve goes, against orders, to ask Winston about the Cult. Google Maps · Apple Maps
A flatiron skyscraper at the southern tip of Manhattan.
Filmed at Beaver Building, Manhattan — The flatiron-shaped Beaver Building is the hotel's exterior. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Filmed at Cunard Building, 25 Broadway, Manhattan — The entrance hall was filmed in this vaulted space. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Filmed at Kačina Castle library, near Kutná Hora, Czechia — The round chamber where Winston receives Eve. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The Prague Continental
Eve slips into room 315 and finds Daniel Pine hiding his young daughter from the Cult. When the bounty doubles, assassins close in, and Pine trusts Eve to get Ella out.
Set in The Prague Continental — The hotel where Eve infiltrates Pine's room, a fictional hotel in Prague. Google Maps · Apple Maps
A Brutalist 1980s theater building facing the older National Theatre.
Filmed at New Stage of the National Theatre (Nová scéna), Prague — The hotel's hall is the interior of this 1980s building. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Filmed at Bike7 bar below Palackého Bridge, Prague — The hotel entrance. The coordinate is the bridge. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Filmed at Tram line by Müpa, Rákóczi Bridge, Budapest — The scene outside the hotel where Pine is shot, filmed in Budapest. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Frank's weapons shop
Eve goes shopping for weapons, and Cult men storm the shop. After the fight, the dealer narrows down where the Cult hides.
Set in Frank's shop — The arms dealer's shop that the Cult attacks.
A small town east of Prague with a Gothic church and a bell tower.
Filmed at House beside the Church of St. Bartholomew, Kolín, Czechia — A house next to the church and bell tower. The coordinate is the town of Kolín. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Hallstatt, the Cult's town
Eve drives into Hallstatt and every villager turns on her. She is captured and brought to the Chancellor, who tells her who Pine and Ella really are.
Set in Hallstatt — The Austrian lakeside town that is the Cult's base, where every inhabitant is a Cultist. Google Maps · Apple Maps
A lakeside UNESCO village in the Austrian Alps.
Filmed at Hallstatt, Austria — Real location filming plus CGI; the town square is heavily altered. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Filmed at Šenk Špejchar restaurant, Březnice, Czechia — Exterior and interior of the shop and the fight inside; the coordinate is the town. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The hunt through the snowy village
The Director sends John Wick to stop Eve. He finds her, but she pleads for her revenge and he gives her until midnight.
Set in Hallstatt — The Cult's town in winter, where Eve is hunted by its citizens. Google Maps · Apple Maps
A small Moravian town known for its timber houses and its tower.
Filmed at Štramberk, Czechia — The timbered-house town of Štramberk serves as the secluded Cult village in the exterior sequences. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Filmed at Blagovestenska Church square, Szentendre, Hungary — The square scene; the coordinate is the town. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The ballet at the theater
Eve sits in the audience to watch her friend Tatiana dance Swan Lake.
Set in Theater of Swan Lake — A theater where Eve attends her friend Tatiana's Swan Lake performance. The film gives no real-world place name.
A Prague musical theater built in 1881 as a variety and circus venue.
Filmed at Karlín Musical Theatre, Prague — The ballet performance near the film's end, shot at this 1881 variety hall. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Characters
- Eve Macarro — The daughter of assassins, trained by the Ruska Roma, who hunts the Cult that killed her father.
- Winston Scott — The New York Continental manager who brings Eve to the Ruska Roma.
- The Chancellor — The leader of the Cult in Hallstatt, who turns out to be Pine's father and Ella's grandfather.
- John Wick — The legendary assassin the Director hires to deal with Eve.
- Ella — Daniel Pine's young daughter, whom he hides from the Cult.