Films and series set in Sachsen-Anhalt

8 films and series set here, plus 27 with only a filming location; ordered by German Wikipedia lookups, not viewings or sales.

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1Halle (Saale)Blutige Anfänger1
2AllstedtIch, Thomas Müntzer, Sichel Gottes1
3AscherslebenVergiss Amerika1
4HemsdorfUnd morgen die ganze Welt1
5JerichowJerichow1
6Talsperre KönigshütteHarter Brocken: Der Geheimcode1

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Relief: Copernicus EU-DEM (modified; not endorsed by the European Union), with SRTM, GMTED2010 and ETOPO1 where it does not reach. Boundaries: Natural Earth. Settings: Wikidata. Sources

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Drei Haselnüsse für Aschenbrödel1973 · film · Moritzburg · filmed here, setting unrecorded
#11,050avg. daily Wikipedia article visits
Blutige Anfänger2020 · series · Halle (Saale)
#2442avg. daily Wikipedia article visits
7 Zwerge – Der Wald ist nicht genug2006 · film · Wernigerode · filmed here, setting unrecorded
#3174avg. daily Wikipedia article visits
Und morgen die ganze Welt2020 · film · Hemsdorf
#4102avg. daily Wikipedia article visits
Schneeweißchen und Rosenrot1979 · film · Trautenstein · filmed here, setting unrecorded
#599.3avg. daily Wikipedia article visits
Harter Brocken: Der Geheimcode2019 · film · Talsperre Königshütte
#676.1avg. daily Wikipedia article visits
Das kleine Gespenst2013 · film · Wernigerode · filmed here, setting unrecorded
#759.0avg. daily Wikipedia article visits
Der geteilte Himmel1964 · film · Halle (Saale) · filmed here, setting unrecorded
#853.4avg. daily Wikipedia article visits
Ein Taxi zur Bescherung2022 · film · Wernigerode · filmed here, setting unrecorded
#936.6avg. daily Wikipedia article visits
Polizeiruf 110: Mörderische Dorfgemeinschaft2019 · film · Lindhorst (Colbitz) · filmed here, setting unrecorded
#1026.0avg. daily Wikipedia article visits

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