Maps of Movies

Pan's Labyrinth (2006)

Where Pan's Labyrinth says it takes place, and where it was really shot.

A 1944 Spanish war story filmed in a Segovia pine forest, with the labyrinth and mill built as sets.

Scenes and places

The princess who left the Underworld (1944)

A narrator tells of a princess of the Underground Realm who escapes to the human world, where sunlight blinds her and erases her memory. Her father the king waits for her soul to return.

Set in The Underground Realm — A fairy-tale kingdom with no lies or pain, told in the opening narration.

A mythical kingdom with no real-world location.

Ofelia arrives at the mill (1944)

Ofelia and her pregnant mother Carmen travel to meet Captain Vidal, Carmen's new husband. Ofelia is told to call him Father and refuses, while the Captain plans to cut off the guerrillas in the woods.

Set in Captain Vidal's mill and command post — A mill in the mountains, turned into a military post, where Ofelia and her pregnant mother arrive in 1944.

A rural mill in the 1944 Spanish mountains, now a command post of the Civil Guard.

Filmed at Prado de Juan Llanos meadow, San Rafael (set, since removed); marker is the town centre (Guadarrama mountains, San Rafael, Segovia, Spain) — The house, barracks, mill and labyrinth sets stood on this meadow; the marker is the town centre, not the set. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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The faun in the labyrinth (1944)

A stick insect that Ofelia believes is a fairy leads her to an old stone labyrinth. That night it returns and guides her to a faun, who says she is Princess Moanna and gives her a book and three tasks to complete before the moon is full.

Set in The stone labyrinth — An ancient stone labyrinth near the mill, led to by a stick insect that Ofelia takes for a fairy.

A pile of old stone ruins that stood before the mill, in the story.

Filmed at San Rafael labyrinth set (not preserved); marker is the town centre (Guadarrama mountains, San Rafael, Segovia, Spain) — The labyrinth exterior was a model on the same meadow as the mill set; interiors were shot elsewhere. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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The dinner and the granary key (1944)

At a dinner for important figures Vidal announces he will stockpile food and supplies to weaken the Maquis, and the town will only get supplies by ration card. He locks the granary and asks Mercedes whether the key is the only copy.

Set in The mill dining room and granary — Where Vidal gives a dinner for local officials and locks the supplies in the granary.

A locked store of food and medicine in the mill compound.

The toad under the fig tree (1944)

Ofelia crawls into the roots of a dying fig tree to retrieve a key from the belly of a giant toad, the first task. Meanwhile she worries about her mother, whose condition is getting worse.

Set in The dying fig tree — A colossal fig tree on a hill near the mill, home to a giant toad.

A giant fig tree on a hill near the mill, in the story.

The Pale Man's banquet (1944)

Using magic chalk, Ofelia goes into the lair of the Pale Man to retrieve a dagger, the second task. The faun has warned her not to eat anything there.

Set in The Pale Man's lair — An underground banquet hall where a child-eating monster waits at a laid table.

A fantasy hall with no real-world location.

The Maquis in the forest (1944)

Vidal hunts the Maquis resisting the regime, who hide in the wooded mountains. Mercedes secretly supports her brother Pedro and the others.

Set in The forest hideout of the Maquis — The woods above the mill where the guerrillas hide, which Vidal's men try to cut off.

Forest in the mountains where the Spanish Maquis hide in 1944.

Filmed at San Rafael Scots pine forest, Guadarrama; marker is the town centre (Guadarrama mountains, San Rafael, Segovia, Spain) — Shot in a Scots pine forest in the Guadarrama range, July to September 2005. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Filmed at Belchite old town ruins, Aragon — Ruined village exteriors (scene not specified) Google Maps · Apple Maps

Characters

• Ofelia — A ten-year-old girl who reads fairy tales and is led to a faun in a labyrinth.
• Captain Vidal — A Civil Guard officer and Ofelia's stepfather, assigned to hunt down the Maquis.
• Mercedes — Vidal's housekeeper, who secretly supports the Maquis.