Maps of Movies

Lord of War (2005)

Where Lord of War says it takes place, and where it was really shot.

The Colombian drug deal, Ukraine, Beirut and Africa were all shot in South Africa and the Czech Republic

Scenes and places

The gunfight in Little Odessa (1982)

Yuri Orlov, a restaurant worker whose family left the Soviet Union, watches a gunfight between Russian mobsters in his neighborhood. He decides armaments are as constant a human need as food. He buys an Uzi through a contact at his father's synagogue and makes his first sale.

Set in Little Odessa, Brighton Beach — The Brooklyn neighborhood where Yuri sees a Russian mafia gunfight. Google Maps · Apple Maps

Brighton Beach in Brooklyn is a large Russian-speaking community.

Filmed at Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, New York (Brooklyn · Brighton Beach, New York, United States) — The production shot at Brighton Beach and Coney Island. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Beirut, the big break (1984)

Yuri and Vitaly get their break in the Lebanese Civil War, selling leftover munitions by the kilo. Vitaly is unsettled by the violence and Yuri tells him it is not their fight.

Set in Beirut, Lebanon — Lebanon's capital during the civil war, where Yuri and Vitaly start selling. Google Maps · Apple Maps

Beirut was the war zone where the brothers began selling in volume.

The freighter chase off Colombia (1989)

Yuri's arms shipment is tipped off and a pursuer closes in, so he has the freighter's name changed on the spot. The Colombian deal ends with the brothers paid in cocaine, and Vitaly starts to use it.

Set in At sea, north of Cartagena, Colombia — A freighter at sea, renamed in a hurry while Interpol closes in.

The scene is set at sea, so it has no fixed point on land.

New York and Ava Fontaine (1989)

Back in New York, Yuri checks Vitaly into a rehabilitation center and works alone from then on. He lures supermodel Ava Fontaine into a meeting by booking her for a fake photo shoot. They later marry and have a son.

Set in New York City — Yuri's home base, where he rises in business and courts Ava. Google Maps · Apple Maps

The film's New York scenes were shot around Manhattan.

Filmed at Manhattan, New York (Manhattan, New York, United States) — Part of the New York filming. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Odessa and Uncle Dmitri (1992)

After the Soviet Union dissolves, Yuri flies to Ukraine to see his uncle Dmitri, a general in charge of Soviet army stock. Yuri sees unpaid soldiers and full warehouses as the best chance of his career.

Set in Odesa, Ukraine — The Black Sea port where Yuri meets his uncle, a Soviet general with armories to open. Google Maps · Apple Maps

The caption places the scene in Odesa, while the filming was done in the Czech Republic.

Monrovia and Baptiste (1995)

Yuri turns to Africa and Liberia, where the dictator Baptiste is his best customer. He avoids meeting the president at first, then is summoned by Baptiste's son. Yuri finds both of them frightening.

Set in Monrovia, Liberia — Liberia's capital, where the dictator André Baptiste buys Yuri's weapons. Google Maps · Apple Maps

Monrovia is Liberia's capital, founded as a home for freed American slaves.

Filmed at Cape Town, South Africa (a rougher district) (Cape Town, South Africa) — The street scenes were filmed in one of the more dangerous areas of Cape Town. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Baptiste in New York (2000)

Yuri is trying to go straight for Ava, but Baptiste turns up in New York for peace talks at the United Nations. He asks Yuri to supply him again and calls it a very generous offer.

Set in United Nations Headquarters, New York — Where Baptiste is in town for peace talks and visits Yuri. Google Maps · Apple Maps

New York hosts the United Nations headquarters beside the East River.

The Sierra Leone deal (2001)

Yuri takes Vitaly to Africa to deliver weapons to a militia allied with Baptiste. Vitaly sees the violence against refugees and begs Yuri to cancel the sale. Yuri refuses.

Set in Sierra Leone — A militia camp where Yuri delivers weapons, no site given in the sources.

The sources name only the country, not a camp or town.

Characters

• Yuri Orlov — A Ukrainian-American arms dealer who sells to anyone who can pay.
• Vitaly Orlov — Yuri's younger brother and partner, who struggles with what they do.
• André Baptiste — A Liberian dictator and one of Yuri's top clients.