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Backstabbing for Beginners

2018 · Film · Denmark, United States, Canada · Directed by Per Fly

Poster of Backstabbing for Beginners
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Stalls and crowds on Jemaa el-Fna square in Marrakech in the evening light
Filmed here: Marrakech · Photo: Jakub Hałun, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Where in Morocco

  • Marrakech: Filming started in March 2016 in Marrakesh, Morocco, with other scenes shot in Copenhagen in April 2016. Wikipedia

Trailer

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Backstabbing for Beginners is a 2018 political thriller film directed and co-written by Per Fly, and based on the memoirs of Michael Soussan. It follows the real life corruption scandal in the UN Oil-for-Food Programme, and stars Theo James and Ben Kingsley.

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

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Also shot there, and the sets to visit

Sirocco1931 · MarrakechAlarm in Morocco1953 · MarrakechSaadia1953 · Marrakech, Tiznit, Tafraout, GoulmimaOasis1955 · Casablanca, Marrakech, AgadirThe Man Who Knew Too Much1956 · Ouarzazate, MarrakechSodom and Gomorrah1962 · Marrakech, OuarzazateGreed in the Sun1964 · Ouarzazate, MarrakechOur Man in Marrakesh1966 · MarrakechThe film mapEvery title shot in Morocco, with filtersVisiting the film setsA route to Ouarzazate, Aït Benhaddou, Essaouira and Tangier

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