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Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (2015)
Where Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation says it takes place, and where it was really shot.
A cargo plane in England, an opera house in Vienna, an underwater vault in Casablanca that is a power plant in Hampshire
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Scenes and places
Hanging off the cargo plane (2015)
Ethan Hunt hangs on the side of a taking-off transport plane to stop a nerve-gas shipment the Syndicate is moving. It sets up the enemy he cannot prove exists.
Set in Airfield near Minsk, Belarus — The film opens with Ethan Hunt stopping a shipment of nerve gas that the Syndicate is moving out of Minsk. Coordinates are the city of Minsk; the airstrip itself is not named. Google Maps · Apple Maps
A military airfield near Minsk, as the story has it; the film was shot on an RAF base in England.
Filmed at RAF Wittering, Cambridgeshire (RAF Wittering · Cambridgeshire, Stamford, United Kingdom) — Ethan clings to the outside of an Airbus A400M Atlas as it takes off; Wikipedia says this was filmed at RAF Wittering near Stamford. The base is an area; the exact runway is not given. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Turandot at the Vienna State Opera (2015)
Ethan and Benji go to the opera to find the man behind the Syndicate, and run into Ilsa and agents sent to kill the Chancellor. Ethan stops the hit and slips out with Ilsa.
Set in Vienna State Opera — Where Ethan sends Benji to watch for the blond man during a performance of Turandot, and where the Syndicate plans to kill the Chancellor of Austria. Google Maps · Apple Maps
Austria's national opera house on the Ringstrasse, the setting for the Turandot performance.
Filmed at Vienna State Opera (auditorium and rooftop) (Innere Stadt · Opernring, Vienna, Austria) — Wikipedia names the roof of the Vienna State Opera as a shoot location in August 2014, the same building as the story place. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The Vienna metro (2015)
After the opera, Syndicate agents chase Ethan and Benji, and they have to let Ilsa go to protect her cover. Where exactly the metro fits in the chase is a guess.
Set in Vienna metro — A chase underground in Vienna. Wikipedia only says the production filmed at the Metro, so the scene's place in the plot is a guess and the story place has no coordinates.
The Wien Schottenring underground station, according to one location blog.
Filmed at Schottenring station, Vienna (Schottenring, Vienna, Austria) — A film-location blog says the subway scene was filmed at the Schottenring U4 station; Wikipedia says only that the production filmed at the Metro. Coordinates are the station's Wikipedia position. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Casablanca, and the chase to Ilsa (2015)
Ethan and Benji find Ilsa in Casablanca, and she tells them who runs the Syndicate. For the first time they have a name.
Set in Casablanca, Morocco — Ethan and Benji track Ilsa to Casablanca, where she names the leader of the Syndicate. Coordinates are the city centre, as the film names no street. Google Maps · Apple Maps
Morocco's largest city and its commercial centre, on the Atlantic coast.
Filmed at Casablanca (city streets and highway) (City centre, Casablanca, Morocco) — The production filmed in Casablanca, and a trade report says portions of the Casablanca-Agadir highway were closed. Wikipedia instead names the Marrakesh Highway; the exact stretch is not known. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Filmed at Kasbah of the Udayas, Rabat (Kasbah of the Udayas, Rabat, Morocco) — Wikipedia says filming took place at the Kasbah of the Udayas in Rabat on 8 and 9 September 2014; which Casablanca scene it stands in for is not stated. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The vault beneath the power plant (2015)
The three get into a secure vault under a power plant to take a ledger of the Syndicate's agents. Ethan has to hold his breath to change the security profile.
Set in Underwater vault beneath a power plant in Casablanca — Ethan, Benji and Ilsa break into a vault under a power plant to take a digital ledger. It is a fictional facility, so there is no story coordinate.
A cooling-water power plant on the English coast, standing in for Morocco; the vault itself is a set.
Filmed at Fawley Power Station, Hampshire (Hampshire · Southampton Water, Fawley, United Kingdom) — The Fawley Power Station article says scenes for the 2015 film were filmed on location. Underwater footage was shot in the tank at Leavesden Studios, whose coordinates were not found. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Ilsa's handler in London (2015)
Ilsa brings the ledger to her British handler, who quietly deletes it and tells her to stay undercover. Whose side he is on is not clear yet.
Set in London meeting with MI6 chief Atlee — Ilsa flees with the data to London and meets her handler, MI6 Chief Atlee. The place within London is not named.
A cloister at the Inns of Court in the City of London, per one location blog.
Filmed at Middle Temple cloister, London (Middle Temple, London, United Kingdom) — A film-location blog names the Cloister of the Middle Temple. Wikidata also lists Middle Temple as a filming location; the link to this scene was not seen in the cited pages. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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King's Cross station (2015)
The team meets Ilsa at the station, and Lane's men take Benji. They use him to force Ethan to hand over the data.
Set in King's Cross railway station, London — The team meets Ilsa at King's Cross station, and Lane's men take Benji there. No coordinates fetched for the story place.
One of London's main railway terminals, next to St Pancras.
Filmed at St Pancras station, London (St Pancras, London, United Kingdom) — Wikidata lists St Pancras as a filming location for the film. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Oxford and the Prime Minister (2015)
Ethan arrives in disguise to meet the Prime Minister, who rejects the Syndicate's origin as Atlee's secret proposal. Ethan then takes the biometrics needed to open the file.
Set in Oxford — Hunley, Brandt and Ethan, disguised as Atlee, meet the Prime Minister in Oxford. Coordinates are the city. Google Maps · Apple Maps
A stately-home estate outside Oxford, per one location blog.
Filmed at Blenheim Palace, Woodstock (Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, United Kingdom) — A film-location blog places the Oxford scene at Blenheim Palace in Woodstock, Oxfordshire; Wikidata also lists it. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The Tower of London (2015)
Ethan and Ilsa are chased through the Tower of London by the Syndicate's men. No filming location was found.
Set in Tower of London — The film places a chase at the Tower of London. Coordinates are the Tower's, from Wikidata. Google Maps · Apple Maps
A medieval fortress on the Thames in the City of London.
Characters
- Ethan Hunt — An IMF agent hunted by his own side while he chases a secret network.
- Benji Dunn — An IMF technician forced to work under CIA watch.
- Ilsa Faust — An undercover MI6 agent inside the Syndicate.