Seneca – On the Creation of Earthquakes


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- Ouarzazate: Wikipedia's filming-location category
- Aït Benhaddou: named in the French Wikipedia article
- Essaouira: named in the German Wikipedia article
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Seneca – On the Creation of Earthquakes (German: Seneca – Oder: Über die Geburt von Erdbeben) is a 2023 German-Moroccan historical drama dark comedy film directed by Robert Schwentke, starring John Malkovich as Seneca. The film is about the last days of the ancient philosopher Lucius Annaeus Seneca and the beginnings of Emperor Nero's despotic regime in Ancient Rome.
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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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