Where was The Island (2006) filmed?
2006 film directed by Pavel Lungin
The Island (2006) was filmed in Lake Ladoga, Lake Onega, Dubna, Lake Peipus, Solovetsky Islands, Kem and 5 more places, 11 places named in its Wikipedia article, in Russia. Wikidata records no filming location for it at all, so the article is the only recorded source. A sentence in an article is weaker evidence than a statement, and every claim on this page says which it is.
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Places per Wikipedia's article
The article names 11 places. A sentence in an article is weaker evidence than a Wikidata statement, so these are listed apart, never mixed into the statement list, and the claim links straight to where it came from.
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Lake Ladoga
🇷🇺 Russia
freshwater lake in Russia and largest lake entirely in Europe
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Moscow Rizhsky railway station
🇷🇺 Russia
railway station in Moscow
“The war scenes were filmed on the Volga, near Dubna; according to the producer of the film Vadim Koryuzlov, "they were filmed at night so that it would not be visible that this is not the sea, but the river." The scene where Nastya and her father Tikhon are going on a train was filmed at the Rizhsky railway station in Moscow.” Wikipedia
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🏙 Towns & cities
Kem
🇷🇺 Russia
historic town and the administrative center of Kemsky District of the Republic of Karelia, Russia
“Kem was the filming location for the 2006 film The Island.” Wikipedia
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography
🇷🇺 Russia
film school in Moscow, Russia
“The script of the film was written by Dmitry Sobolev, a graduate of Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography, and this script became his thesis.” Wikipedia
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Lake Onega
🇷🇺 Russia
freshwater lake in Russia, second largest in Europe
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Kizhi
🇷🇺 Russia
island in Russia
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Lake Peipus
🇷🇺 Russia
lake in Estonia and Russia, including Lake Pihkva
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🏙 Towns & cities
Donskoy Monastery
🇷🇺 Russia
monastery in Moscow, Russia
“In addition, Hieromonk Cosmas (Afanasyev), a resident of the Donskoy Monastery, was with the film crew as a consultant, who was invited by Mamonov.” Wikipedia
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Butovo firing range
🇷🇺 Russia
execution site
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Solovetsky Islands
🇷🇺 Russia
archipelago in White Sea, Russia
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🏙 Towns & cities
Dubna
🇷🇺 Russia
town in Russia
Also shot in these places
Frequently asked questions
How many filming locations does The Island have?
No place recorded on Wikidata, but 11 places named in its Wikipedia article, labelled per Wikipedia.
Which other productions were filmed at the same places?
Station for Two (1983), each listed on this page.
Where does this information come from?
Filming location statements on Wikidata, plus places named in the production's own Wikipedia article, which are labelled per Wikipedia. Nothing is scraped from listicles and nothing is generated.