Films and series set outside Germany

1,247 films and series set outside Germany, ordered by German Wikipedia lookups, not viewings or sales. There is no map: this is every country but one.

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Im Westen nichts Neues2022 · film · Frankreich
#11,459avg. daily Wikipedia article visits
Das Boot1981 · film · Marokko
#21,433avg. daily Wikipedia article visits
Der Bergdoktor2008 · series · Österreich · filmed here, setting unrecorded
#31,167avg. daily Wikipedia article visits
Das Traumschiff1981 · series · Seychellen · filmed here, setting unrecorded
#41,146avg. daily Wikipedia article visits
Inglourious Basterds2009 · film · Frankreich
#51,057avg. daily Wikipedia article visits
Drei Haselnüsse für Aschenbrödel1973 · film · Tschechien · filmed here, setting unrecorded
#61,050avg. daily Wikipedia article visits
Sissi1955 · film · Österreich
#7669avg. daily Wikipedia article visits
Das Boot2018 · series · Tschechien · filmed here, setting unrecorded
#8669avg. daily Wikipedia article visits
Der Schuh des Manitu2001 · film · Spanien · filmed here, setting unrecorded
#9625avg. daily Wikipedia article visits
Der Palast2021 · series · Deutschland 1945 bis 1949
#10571avg. daily Wikipedia article visits

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