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The Odyssey

2026 · Film · United States, United Kingdom · Directed by Christopher Nolan

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The earth-walled ksar of Aït Benhaddou rising above its riverbed
Filmed here: Aït Benhaddou · Photo: Petar Milošević, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

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The Odyssey is a 2026 epic action fantasy film written and directed by Christopher Nolan, who produced it with his wife Emma Thomas. An adaptation of Homer's ancient Greek epic poem the Odyssey, it stars an ensemble cast including Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway, Robert Pattinson, Lupita Nyong'o, Samantha Morton, Zendaya, and Charlize Theron. In the film, Odysseus (Damon), the Greek king of Ithaca, undergoes a long and perilous journey home after the Trojan War and encounters mythical beings as he attempts to reunite with his wife, Penelope (Hathaway).

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Sources, checked 2026-11-15
  1. Arabic Wikipedia, filming-location category
  2. Wikipedia: Category:Films shot in Marrakesh
  3. Wikipedia: Category:Films shot in Ouarzazate
  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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