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Marrakech : Morocco on Film

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1. Othello (1952)

Orson Welles put the Moor in Morocco, shooting much of his troubled masterpiece in Essaouira.
2. The Man Who Knew Too Much (1955)

Hitchcock filmed James Stewart and Doris Day in the Mamounia and Jemaa El Fna.
3. Our Man in Marrakech (1966)

A little-seen silly spy comedy, but the city features heavily.
4. Kundun (1997)

The Atlas Mountains were cast as Tibet in this Scorsese epic. Some of the film’s props can still be seen at Kasbah du Toubkal .
5. Hideous Kinky (1998)

The souks and Jemaa El Fna were prominent in this film adaptation of Emma Freud’s autobiographical book.
6. Gladiator (2000)

Russell Crowe is sold into slavery at Aït Benhaddou . Also shot here were The Last Temptation of Christ and Lawrence of Arabia.
7. Black Hawk Down (2001)

US marines, caught in a firefight in Somalia, did all their shooting in Morocco.
8. Alexander (2004)

Alexander of Macedonia was, in fact, Alexander of Marrakech.
9. Kingdom of Heaven (2005)

The Mediterranean port for embarkation to the Holy Land in this Ridley Scott epic is the port city, Essaouira.
10. Babel (2006)

The village of Tazatine in southern Morocco appears as itself in this film.