Maps of Movies

Red Sparrow (2018)

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

Set in Moscow, London and Budapest, filmed mostly in Hungary, Slovakia and Austria

Scenes and places

The Bolshoi showers (2018)

Dominika's ballet career ends when her dance partner injures her on stage. She takes revenge on him and a rival in the theatre showers, and the SVR uses it to recruit her.

Set in Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow — The Moscow ballet theatre where Dominika's career ends and she takes revenge.

The Bolshoi is Russia's best-known ballet company.

Filmed at Hungarian State Opera House, Budapest — Wikidata lists this opera house among the film's filming locations; which scenes were shot there is not stated, so the match to the Bolshoi scenes is an assumption. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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The Gorky Park meeting (2018)

Nate Nash meets his mole, code-named Marble, in Gorky Park when the police close in. He creates a diversion so his contact escapes, and the mole's identity becomes the film's central question.

Set in Gorky Park, Moscow — The Moscow park where CIA officer Nate Nash meets his Russian mole.

A large central Moscow park on the Moskva River.

State School 4 (2018)

Dominika is sent to State School 4, where she is given the alias Katya and forbidden to reveal who she is. She excels despite friction with her trainer, the Matron.

Set in State School 4, Russia — The brutal training school for operatives who seduce their targets.

A training school for "Sparrows" in the story; no real location is named in the sources.

Budapest, the first mission (2018)

Dominika is sent to Budapest to gain Nate's trust and expose Marble. Nate quickly sees she is a Russian operative and tries to talk her into defecting.

Set in Budapest, Hungary — The Hungarian capital where Dominika is sent to win Nate's trust. Google Maps · Apple Maps

The film's principal photography began here in January 2017.

Filmed at Budapest city centre — Principal photography began in Budapest; the exact street is not named in the source. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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The London trade (2018)

Dominika travels to London with her station chief to meet a U.S. Senator's chief of staff and complete a trade. She covertly swaps the intelligence she carries for CIA-supplied disinformation.

Set in London, United Kingdom — The British capital where Dominika meets Stephanie Boucher to complete a trade.

The film's London meeting is the only scene sequence tied to a named hotel in the sources.

Filmed at Corinthia Hotel London — A lengthy sequence was filmed inside and outside the hotel; that the story's meeting takes place in this hotel is not stated in the source. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Filmed at Gellért Hotel, Budapest — Budapest hotel scenes (unspecified) Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at Vienna — Vienna filming (unspecified) Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at Bratislava — Bratislava filming (unspecified) Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at Festetics Mansion, Dég — Festetics Mansion scenes Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at Fabó Éva Sports Pool, Dunaújváros — Swimming pool scenes (unspecified) Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at Former alumina plant, Almásfüzitő — Industrial plant scenes (unspecified) Google Maps · Apple Maps

Characters

• Dominika Egorova — A Bolshoi ballerina whose career ends in injury and who is drawn into the SVR.
• Nate Nash — A CIA operative who ran a Russian mole in Moscow and is sent to Budapest.

Questions answered on the map

• Where was Red Sparrow really filmed?