4 real historical locations · France
A critically acclaimed French drama series following a small occupied village from the German invasion through liberation. Spanning seven seasons, it portrays collaboration, resistance, and moral compromise under Nazi occupation, showing how ordinary people make extraordinary choices.
CinemaMapped has mapped 4 real historical locations where the story takes place, spanning France.
A fictional French village lives through the entire arc of occupation — collaboration, resistance, deportation and liberation — across seven seasons from 194...
Vichy became the seat of Marshal Pétain's collaborationist government after the June 1940 armistice. The Zone Libre it governed included central and southern France until Germany occupied all of France in November 194...
View location →The German command structure in the Franche-Comté region operates from Besançon. The fictional Villeneuve falls under its jurisdiction, its residents navigat...
Besançon was the capital of the German military administration in eastern France. The city's proximity to Switzerland made it a node for escape networks and smuggling routes.
View location →Lyon under Klaus Barbie casts a shadow over the series. Resistance members from Villeneuve are transported here for interrogation and torture at the Gestapo ...
Klaus Barbie, the 'Butcher of Lyon', operated from the Hôtel Terminus from 1942–44. He tortured and murdered resistance leader Jean Moulin and deported 44 Jewish children from Izieu.
View location →The demarcation line between Occupied and Vichy France cuts through the Saône valley, dividing families and communities. Villeneuve sits near it, making the ...
The armistice line of June 1940 ran 1,200 km across France. Crossing it required a German pass (Ausweis). The line was abolished when Germany occupied the whole of France in November 1942.
View location →As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.