{"id":6396,"date":"2017-06-05T23:43:26","date_gmt":"2017-06-05T21:43:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/?p=6396"},"modified":"2017-06-05T23:43:26","modified_gmt":"2017-06-05T21:43:26","slug":"movies-shot-in-madrid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/movies-shot-in-madrid\/","title":{"rendered":"Movies shot in Madrid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A lot of <strong>movies<\/strong> use a variety of international locations to make their stories come to life.\u00a0<strong>Madrid<\/strong> has been used as the backdrop for a number of <strong>national and international films<\/strong>. Here are some of the most famous ones.<\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_17 counter-hierarchy\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Index<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class=\"ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1\"><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/movies-shot-in-madrid\/#quantum-of-solace\" title=\"Quantum of Solace\">Quantum of Solace<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/movies-shot-in-madrid\/#the-bourne-ultimatum\" title=\"The Bourne Ultimatum\">The Bourne Ultimatum<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/movies-shot-in-madrid\/#women-on-the-verge-of-a-nervous-breakdown\" title=\"Women on the verge of a nervous breakdown\">Women on the verge of a nervous breakdown<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/movies-shot-in-madrid\/#doctor-zhivago\" title=\"Doctor Zhivago\">Doctor Zhivago<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"quantum-of-solace\"><\/span>Quantum of Solace<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_6401\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/discutivo-via-VisualHunt.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6401\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6401\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/discutivo-via-VisualHunt-300x205.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/discutivo-via-VisualHunt-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/discutivo-via-VisualHunt-145x100.jpg 145w, https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/discutivo-via-VisualHunt-380x260.jpg 380w, https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/discutivo-via-VisualHunt.jpg 584w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6401\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by discutivo via VisualHunt<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Fans of the\u00a0<strong>James Bond saga<\/strong> have had the chance to see the most famous secret service agent in the world face his foes in a variety of locations around the world. In\u00a0<strong>Quantum of Solace<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>James Bond<\/strong> is played by English actor Daniel Craig. The action of the movie takes place in different worldwide locations such as Lake Garda, in northern Italy, Lake Constance in Austria, Panama City in Panama, and Italy, Lake Constance in Austria, Panama City in Panama, and <strong>Madrid,<\/strong> in Spain. Curiously enough, this\u00a0Paul Haggis directed <strong>007 movie<\/strong> is not the one that features Spanish actor Javier Bardem, who only joined the\u00a0<strong>British secret agent saga<\/strong> later, in 2012, to play villain Silva in\u00a0<strong>Skyfall<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Related article:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/arganzuela-district\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Get to know the Arganzuela district<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"the-bourne-ultimatum\"><\/span>The Bourne Ultimatum<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This 2007 mystery\/crime film directed by Paul Greengrass brings us another adventure in the life of<strong> Jason Bourne<\/strong>, brought to life by actor Matt Damon. The characters travels through different locations in Europe, including <strong>Madrid,<\/strong> in a scene shot at the famous <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/atochas-secret\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Atocha train station<\/a>.\u00a0<strong>The Bourne Ultimatum<\/strong> is the third movie in the\u00a0<strong>Bourne<\/strong> saga, and it packs all the same type of fast-paced action the previous\u00a0offered the viewers.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"women-on-the-verge-of-a-nervous-breakdown\"><\/span>Women on the verge of a nervous breakdown<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Pedro Almod\u00f2var<\/strong> has directed a number of interesting and zany <strong>Spanish films<\/strong>, including the famous 1988 flick &#8220;Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios&#8221;. The main character, Pepa, is played by Carmen Maura, who is abandoned by her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/activities-for-a-romantic-day-in-madrid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">boyfriend<\/a>, Iv\u00e1n. During the <strong>movie,<\/strong> she tries to find him and confront him to get answers and understand why he decided to leave her, running into his ex-lover, a young couple, and a woman who is afraid the police may be looking for her due to the fact that she used to date a terrorist. Like most of\u00a0<strong>Almod\u00f2var<\/strong>&#8216;<strong>s<\/strong> <strong>movies,<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Women on the verge of a nervous breakdown<\/strong> presents the viewers with lots of amusing and peculiar situations, which take place in the Spanish capital.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Related article:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/districts-madrid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The districts of Madrid<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"doctor-zhivago\"><\/span>Doctor Zhivago<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_6402\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/videorecord052-via-VisualHunt.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6402\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6402\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/videorecord052-via-VisualHunt-300x235.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"235\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/videorecord052-via-VisualHunt-300x235.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/videorecord052-via-VisualHunt-768x602.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/videorecord052-via-VisualHunt.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6402\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by videorecord052 via VisualHunt<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Many will be surprised to learn that the 1965 classic <strong>Doctor Zhivago<\/strong>, directed by David Lean, and starring Omar Shariff, Julie Christie, and Geraldine Chaplin was in great part shot in <strong>Madrid.<\/strong> Though the story of the <strong>movie<\/strong> takes place in Russia, a set was built in the <strong>capital of Spain<\/strong>, close to the Canillas cemetery, to mimic the city of Moscow. Another area where scenes were filmed was the Delicias <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/train-stations-madrid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">station<\/a>. An anecdote about the shooting of Doctor Zhivago in Madrid says that a lot of the locals were not aware that there was a movie being shot and thought that dictator Franco had been overthrown.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Looking for an apartment?\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ShMadrid<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>is the answer.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>* Main photo by Alan in Belfast via Visualhunt.<\/em><\/p>\n<div style=\"display: none;\"\n    class=\"kk-star-ratings kksr-valign-bottom kksr-align-center kksr-disabled\"\n    data-id=\"6396\"\n    data-slug=\"\">\n    <div class=\"kksr-stars\">\n    <div class=\"kksr-stars-inactive\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"1\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 20px; height: 20px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"2\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 20px; height: 20px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"3\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 20px; height: 20px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"4\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 20px; height: 20px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"5\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 20px; height: 20px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"kksr-stars-active\" style=\"width: 125px;\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 20px; height: 20px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 20px; height: 20px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 20px; height: 20px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 20px; height: 20px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 20px; height: 20px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n    <div class=\"kksr-legend\">\n            <strong class=\"kksr-score\">5<\/strong>\n        <span class=\"kksr-muted\">\/<\/span>\n        <strong>5<\/strong>\n        <span class=\"kksr-muted\">(<\/span>\n        <strong class=\"kksr-count\">1<\/strong>\n        <span class=\"kksr-muted\">\n            vote        <\/span>\n        <span class=\"kksr-muted\">)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A lot of movies use a variety of international locations to make their stories come to life.\u00a0Madrid has been used as the backdrop for a number of national and international films. 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