Cold War (2018) – Filming Locations
Romance / Music / Drama · Directed by Paweł Pawlikowski · Starring Tomasz Kot, Joanna Kulig
A man and a woman meet in the ruins of post-war Poland. With vastly different backgrounds and temperaments, they are fatally mismatched and yet drawn to each other.
Where was Cold War filmed?
- Warsaw, Poland, Warsaw – Opening scenes establishing post-war Poland and the formation of the state choir. The reconstructed Old Town serves as a backdrop for the early scenes of Polish cultural recovery after World War II
- Łódź, Poland, Łódź – City scenes and urban locations during the Polish sequences. Industrial Polish city used for various sequences depicting post-war Poland and daily life
- Paris, France, Paris – Scenes of the characters in Paris during the film's middle section. Paris serves as the backdrop for key scenes exploring the romantic and political dimensions of the characters' relationship
- Berlin, Germany, Berlin – Sequences set in divided Cold War Berlin. Berlin's divided landscape during the Cold War era provides a symbolic setting for the characters' separation and tension
- Venice, Italy, Venice – Romantic and melancholic scenes in Venice. Venice's atmospheric canals and architecture create the romantic European backdrop for pivotal scenes in the film's final act