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Hanna (2011)
Where Hanna says it takes place, and where it was really shot.
A girl raised in a Finnish forest is chased through Morocco, Spain and Germany, yet the film's CIA 'headquarters' was reportedly shot in a Berlin cycling arena.
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Scenes and places
The frozen forest where Hanna grows up (2011)
Hanna, fifteen, lives alone with her father in the snow and hunts, fights and shoots to his training. One night she tells him she is ready, and sets the whole story moving by switching on a beacon.
Set in Northern Finland, a snowbound forest and frozen lake — The remote forest and lake where Hanna lives with her father Erik and is trained by him.
Remote country in northern Finland, cold enough that the shoot reportedly dropped to -33 C.
Filmed at Lake Kitkajärvi, Kuusamo, Finland — The frozen-lake and snow-forest scenes; the exact shooting spot on the lake is not given. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Filmed at Bad Tölz, Bavaria, Germany — Listed as the place for the shots of Erik's cabin; the exact spot is not given (point is the town centre). Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The underground CIA cell (2011)
Seized by special forces, Hanna is questioned by a woman who is not who she seems to be. Hanna breaks out of the cell and finds out where she has been held all along.
Set in An underground CIA complex — A secret holding complex where Hanna is taken after the beacon is activated; its position is not named until she escapes.
A secret CIA site in the story; the film puts it in Morocco.
Filmed at Velodrom, Berlin — Reported as used for the film's 'CIA headquarters'. Which scene it stands in for is not stated, so the link to the cell is an assumption. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Out into the Moroccan desert (2011)
Out of the complex, Hanna is in a hot, strange country she has never seen. She has to find a way to Berlin, where her father told her to meet him.
Set in The Moroccan desert — The open country Hanna reaches after escaping, where she realises she is in Morocco.
A desert town and gateway to the Atlas in southern Morocco, long used by film crews.
Filmed at Ouarzazate, Morocco — Ouarzazate is named as a Morocco filming location; the exact spot is not given. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The ferry to Spain (2011)
Hanna meets a holidaying English family and slips into their camper van to cross to Spain. For the first time she is around ordinary people.
Set in A Moroccan port — A harbour where Hanna stows away in a family's camper van on a ferry to Spain.
A fortified Atlantic fishing port in western Morocco.
Filmed at Port of Essaouira, Morocco — The location guide says Essaouira's port was used 'as it was'; that the ferry scene is this port is an assumption. Point is the town centre. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The road through Spain (2011)
On the road with the family, Hanna learns what a normal teenage friendship feels like. She also tells Sophie her secret, which will matter later.
Set in Spain, a road, a campsite and a gypsy camp — The journey north with the family, where Hanna and Sophie become friends.
Spain in the film, but reportedly shot on the other side of the strait.
Filmed at Highway and campsite near Essaouira, Morocco — Per the location guide, a highway and a campsite in Essaouira doubled for Spain. Highway position is not given; point is Essaouira town. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The abandoned amusement park (2011)
Hanna reaches the rendezvous and meets Knepfler, an eccentric magician who lives among the rides. Before Erik arrives, her enemies turn up, and she overhears something that shakes what she knows about him.
Set in Spreepark, Plänterwald, Berlin — An abandoned amusement park in Berlin, home of Erik's friend Knepfler and the rendezvous. Google Maps · Apple Maps
A former East German amusement park in Berlin's Plänterwald, long left to ruin.
Filmed at Spreepark, Plänterwald, Berlin — Named as a Berlin filming location, and the location guide ties it to the film's final stretch. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The empty apartment in Berlin (2011)
Hanna goes to her grandmother's apartment and finds Erik there. He tells her the truth about who she is and why she was raised this way.
Set in Her grandmother's empty apartment, Berlin — The flat where Hanna goes next and finds Erik waiting.
No filming location for this apartment has been identified.
Filmed at Kottbusser Tor, Berlin — Berlin (scene not stated) Google Maps · Apple Maps
Filmed at Görlitzer Bahnhof, Berlin — Berlin (scene not stated) Google Maps · Apple Maps
Filmed at Water bridge at Magdeburg, Germany — Germany (scene not stated) Google Maps · Apple Maps
Filmed at Köhlbrandbrücke, Hamburg — Hamburg (scene not stated) Google Maps · Apple Maps
Filmed at Reeperbahn, Hamburg — Hamburg (scene not stated) Google Maps · Apple Maps
Characters
- Hanna — A fifteen-year-old raised in the Finnish wilderness and trained by her father as a skilled assassin.
- Erik — Hanna's father, an ex-CIA operative from Germany who trains her and sends her to Berlin.
- Marissa — A senior CIA officer who seeks to eliminate Erik.
Questions answered on the map
- Where was the CIA base in Hanna really filmed?
- How does Morocco stand in for Spain in Hanna?