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A Hologram for the King

2016 · Film · United States, Germany, Mexico, France · Directed by Tom Tykwer

Poster of A Hologram for the King
Poster · Wikipedia
Egyptian-style film sets behind the walls of Atlas Studios in Ouarzazate
Filmed here: Ouarzazate · Photo: Yair Haklai, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

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A Hologram for the King is a 2016 comedy-drama film written, directed and co-scored by Tom Tykwer, based on the 2012 novel of the same name written by Dave Eggers, and starring Tom Hanks as a washed-up corporate salesman, who goes to Saudi Arabia to propose a business deal.

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Sources, checked 2026-11-15
  1. Arabic Wikipedia, filming-location category
  2. Wikipedia: Category:Films shot in Morocco
  3. French Wikipedia, filming-location category
  4. French Wikipedia, filming-location category
  5. Wikidata, filming location (P915)

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Also shot there, and the sets to visit

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves1954 · Taroudant, Ouarzazate, AgadirThe Man Who Knew Too Much1956 · Ouarzazate, MarrakechLawrence of Arabia1962 · Ouarzazate, Aït BenhaddouSodom and Gomorrah1962 · Marrakech, OuarzazateGreed in the Sun1964 · Ouarzazate, MarrakechOedipus Rex1967 · Ouarzazate, Aït Benhaddou, ZagoraThe Man Who Would Be King1975 · Ouarzazate, Aït BenhaddouBanzaï1983 · OuarzazateThe film mapEvery title shot in Morocco, with filtersVisiting the film setsA route to Ouarzazate, Aït Benhaddou, Essaouira and Tangier

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