Johnny Got His Gun (1971) – Filming Locations
War / Drama · Directed by Dalton Trumbo · Starring Timothy Bottoms, Marsha Hunt
A young American soldier, rendered in pseudocoma from an artillery shell from WWI, recalls his life leading up to that point.
Where was Johnny Got His Gun filmed?
- Madrid, Spain, Madrid – Primary filming location for the war hospital and dream sequences. The bulk of the film was shot in Madrid, providing the urban and institutional settings for Joe Bonham's hospital scenes and internal monologues
- Spain, Unpublished Spanish locations – Flashback sequences depicting Joe's pre-war life and memories. Rural Spanish landscapes were used to film Joe's nostalgic flashbacks and memories of his civilian life before the war