Hospitals, prisons and institutions to film in France
15 of them, 11 with a photo and 6 with practical details the location publishes itself. 4 have a documented shooting history. Every entry links to the location or to the body that manages it.
Working and disused hospitals, clinics, prisons, barracks and asylums: corridors, wards and cells that are close to impossible to fake convincingly.
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Château d'If
Hospital, prison & institution
16th-century island fortress off Marseille used as a state prison into the 19th century, the setting of The Count of Monte Cristo and a location in The French Connection.
Seen in: The French Connection (1971)
Capacity: 500 · 1,547 sqm of castle interior with several small rooms, 600 sqm of terraces, and a 1,700 sqm parade ground. The castle interior and terraces each hold...
Fort de Mutzig
Hospital, prison & institution
German fortress begun in 1893 and spread over 254 hectares west of Strasbourg, with armoured turrets, concrete galleries, barrack rooms, a machine hall and an underground infirmary.
Hôpital Bicêtre
Hospital, prison & institution
Large hospital complex south of Paris with historic pavilions and a tall water reservoir building, listed by AP-HP among the sites it regularly opens to film crews.
Hôpital Maritime de Berck
Hospital, prison & institution
Seafront AP-HP hospital in Berck-sur-Mer built as a 19th-century marine sanatorium, named on the AP-HP's list of hospitals that regularly welcome film shoots.
Hôpital Raymond-Poincaré
Hospital, prison & institution
Rehabilitation hospital in Garches with early 20th-century pavilion wards and gardens, one of the AP-HP sites named as regularly opened for commercial filming.
Hopital Saint-Cyr
Hospital, prison & institution
A 19th century hospital in central Villeneuve-sur-Lot, in use until 2015, with a neoclassical arcaded facade, a painted chapel, a former apothecary and wards over three floors around a wooded park.
Large lorry-accessible car park, water and electricity available on site
Official siteFilm commissionCommission listingCompare this one
Hôpital Saint-Louis
Hospital, prison & institution
Working Paris hospital built around an early 17th-century brick and stone quadrilateral courtyard, one of the AP-HP sites named as regularly hosting commercial filming.
Palais de justice de Nantes
Hospital, prison & institution
Courthouse of 2000 by Jean Nouvel on the Loire quay, a black steel box with a tall glazed hall, red lined courtrooms and long corridors.
Seen in: La Fille au bracelet (2019)
Palais de Justice Historique de Lyon
Hospital, prison & institution
24-column neoclassical courthouse on the Saone in Vieux Lyon, its listed interior including a vast public hall, still used for hearings and available for filming by arrangement with the Cour d'appel.
Prison Jacques-Cartier
Hospital, prison & institution
Disused city prison of 1903 in Rennes with a radial cell block, landings and walkways, exercise yards and a high perimeter wall, now owned by the city.
Seen in: Medecin-chef a la Sante
Tribunal de Paris
Hospital, prison & institution
Renzo Piano's 160-metre glass courthouse tower at Porte de Clichy, housing Paris's civil and criminal courts around a public hall and stacked courtroom floors, with filming possible by arrangement.
Hopital Edouard Herriot
Hospital, prison & institution
Pavilion hospital designed by Tony Garnier and opened in 1933, with brick and concrete blocks, glazed link corridors and tree lined internal streets inside the walls.
Hospices de Beaune (Hotel-Dieu)
Hospital, prison & institution
Charity hospital of 1443 with a glazed tile roof, the Room of the Poor and its curtained beds, a kitchen, pharmacy, chapel and paved timber galleried courtyard.
Seen in: La Grande Vadrouille
Hotel-Dieu Saint-Jacques, Toulouse
Hospital, prison & institution
Former pilgrim hospital on the Garonne, built in brick with long vaulted wards, a chapel, a cloistered court and a river frontage, now offices and a medical museum.
UCLy campus Saint-Paul (former Saint-Paul prison)
Hospital, prison & institution
Lyon's 19th century Saint-Paul prison converted into a university campus, keeping the radial cell wings, iron walkways, central rotunda and gatehouse.
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- Houses and apartments 12
- Hotels and interiors 8
- Castles and estates 14
- Churches and monasteries 10
- Villages and countryside 8
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