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Firefox (1982)

Where Firefox says it takes place, and where it was really shot.

The Soviet capital in this film is Vienna: a court, a cathedral and two metro stations stood in for Moscow.

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Photo: C.Stadler/Bwag · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Scenes and places

The offer at Gant's home in Alaska (1982)

A helicopter lands out of the blue at the home of retired pilot Mitchell Gant. Captain Buckholz has come to explain the mission.

Set in Gant's home, Alaska — Gant's home in Alaska, where the mission is first put to him.

Alaska is the setting named in the plot; no exact address or filming spot is given.

Aubrey's briefing in London (1982)

Kenneth Aubrey, the British spymaster guiding the plan, briefs Gant. Gant learns he will not enter the Soviet Union as himself.

Set in London — London, where the British spymaster briefs Gant. Google Maps · Apple Maps

The plot names only the city; the film's filming list also names London without saying which scene.

Gant arrives in Moscow (1982)

Gant, posing as Sprague, meets the dissidents who will help him. One of them kills the real Sprague and leaves Gant's false papers on the body.

Set in Moscow streets — Moscow, as the film shows it: a rendezvous with the real Sprague and the dissidents. Google Maps · Apple Maps

The Moscow streets were filmed in Vienna: a court building, a Russian Orthodox cathedral, a city gate and the Hofburg palace.

Filmed at Landesgericht für Strafsachen Wien (main front) — The front of the Vienna criminal court stands in for a Moscow street. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Filmed at Russian Orthodox Cathedral of St. Nicholas, Vienna — The Vienna Russian Orthodox cathedral appears as a Moscow location. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Filmed at Äußeres Burgtor, Vienna — The outer castle gate appears as a Moscow location. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Filmed at Neue Burg (Hofburg), Vienna — The new wing of the Hofburg appears as a Moscow location. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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The KGB agent in the metro (1982)

Gant is questioned at the metro by a KGB agent and his cover slips. A fight follows and he barely gets out of the station.

Set in Moscow metro station — A metro station in Moscow where Gant is questioned.

The Moscow metro scenes were shot on two Vienna stations, filmed one after the other.

Filmed at Stadtpark U-Bahn station (U4), Vienna — Filmed first: the station used for the Moscow metro. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Filmed at Südtiroler Platz U-Bahn station (U1), Vienna — Filmed second: the follow-on metro scenes. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Inside the Bilyarsk air base (1982)

Helped by the dissident scientists, Gant gets onto the base. Baranovich briefs him on the jet and warns that a second prototype sits in the hangar.

Set in Bilyarsk air base (fictional) — The Soviet air base where the Firefox is kept.

Bilyarsk is the film's invented base; no filming spot for it is given in the sources.

Refuelling on the polar ice (1982)

Flying north, Gant switches on a homing device that leads him to a US submarine on the ice. Its crew refuel and rearm the Firefox.

Set in Polar ice pack — An ice pack in the Arctic where a US submarine waits.

The ice and submarine scenes are not tied to one place on the map.

Filmed at Thule Air Base (Pituffik), Greenland — Aerial backdrop footage was flown to Thule for compositing behind the model planes. The surfaced-submarine scenes are taken from the film Eisstation Zebra. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Dogfight near North Cape (1982)

Rearmed and flying home, Gant meets the Soviet pilot he once spared. Voskov, in the second prototype, forces a dogfight.

Set in North Cape — The northern tip of Norway where the Soviets try to intercept Gant. Google Maps · Apple Maps

The air battle was staged with models and blue-screen compositing, so no ground location is recorded.

Characters

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