A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) – Filming Locations
Drama / Thriller · Directed by Elia Kazan · Starring Marlon Brando, Vivien Leigh
A disturbed, aging Southern belle moves in with her sister for solace — but being face-to-face with her brutish brother-in-law accelerates her downward spiral.
Where was A Streetcar Named Desire filmed?
- New Orleans, United States, New Orleans – Opening sequences establishing the New Orleans setting and streetcar scenes. The atmospheric French Quarter provided authentic background and street ambiance for the film's New Orleans locale, establishing the steamy, decaying urban setting central to the story
- New Orleans, United States, New Orleans – Scenes of Blanche arriving at the Kowalski apartment building. The working-class Elysian Fields neighborhood was the actual setting for the Kowalski tenement, providing the gritty, cramped residential atmosphere essential to the play's claustrophobic drama