V for Vendetta (2006) – Filming Locations
Action / Thriller / Science Fiction · Directed by James McTeigue · Starring Hugo Weaving, Natalie Portman
In a world in which Great Britain has become a fascist state, a masked vigilante known only as “V” conducts guerrilla warfare against the oppressive British government. When V rescues a young woman from the secret police, he finds in her an ally with whom he can continue his fight to free the people of Britain.
Where was V for Vendetta filmed?
- London, United Kingdom, London – V's climactic explosion of Parliament at the film's finale. The iconic London landmark serves as the symbolic target of V's revolutionary act, representing the destruction of the totalitarian government
- Berlin, Germany, Berlin – Multiple interior and exterior sequences including the Old Bailey and government buildings. Principal filming took place at Babelsberg Studios in Potsdam and throughout Berlin, with the city's architecture standing in for dystopian London
- Liverpool, United Kingdom, Liverpool – Street sequences and exterior establishing shots of the dystopian cityscape. Liverpool's industrial architecture and historic docklands provided gritty urban backdrops for scenes depicting the oppressive surveillance state
- Glasgow, United Kingdom, Glasgow – Various exterior sequences and cityscape establishing shots. Glasgow's urban and industrial landscape contributed to the film's bleak dystopian atmosphere as stand-in locations for totalitarian London