1917 (2019) – Filming Locations
War / History / Drama · Directed by Sam Mendes · Starring George MacKay, Claire Duburcq
At the height of the First World War, two young British soldiers must cross enemy territory and deliver a message that will stop a deadly attack on hundreds of soldiers.
Where was 1917 filmed?
- Shepperton, England, Shepperton – Extensive on-location filming of trenches, No Man's Land, and battlefield sequences. The primary production facility where massive practical trench sets were constructed to create the film's immersive World War I environments
- Gateshead, England, Gateshead – Exterior sequences depicting destroyed village and landscape. Used as a filming location for exterior battlefield destruction and village sequences, providing industrial landscapes that were transformed into WWI devastation
- Devizes, England, Devizes – Exterior landscape sequences and countryside battlefield scenes. The Wiltshire region provided open countryside locations for long-distance travel sequences and wider landscape shots
- Surrey, England, Surrey – Wide landscape vistas and panoramic shots of the journey across No Man's Land. Natural elevated terrain used for expansive establishing shots and the continuous long-take perspective of the soldiers' journey across the battlefield