The Fifth Element (1997)

Londres, United Kingdom

Covent Garden Lyric Theatre founded in 1732, home of the Royal Opera and the Royal Ballet. The current building, the third on this site after two fires, dates from 1858 and was extensively renovated in the 1990s. The building is protected as a Grade I listed monument.

The scene : It is in this Italian-style hall, under its gilded balconies, that the opera sequence of the film was shot.

Iceland

The largest ice cap in Europe by volume, covering a vast area of the southeast of Iceland.

The scene : The icy expanses of the largest glacier in Europe provided the film with its natural shooting locations in Iceland.

Iver Heath, United Kingdom

Large British film studio founded in 1936 in Iver Heath, birthplace of the James Bond saga.

The scene : The main filming of the movie took place here, spread across nine of the twelve large stages of the complex.

Iver Heath, United Kingdom

The largest soundstage in Europe, at Pinewood Studios, built in 1976 for the James Bond saga and reconstructed after a fire (1984, 2006).

The scene : The largest stage of the complex houses the entire interior of the spaceship Fhloston Paradise: the grand hall and its shootout, as well as the hotel rooms.

Iver Heath, United Kingdom

Filming location of Pinewood Studios, in Iver Heath.

The scene : It is on this set that the suite of the Diva Plavalaguna was built.

Tichitt, Mauritania

The scene : The Mauritanian desert serves as Egypt for the exterior shots of the temple at the very beginning of the film.

Iver Heath, United Kingdom

The scene : The corridor of the shuttle that takes Korben and Leeloo to Fhloston Paradise was built.

Iver Heath, United Kingdom

The scene : All-purpose filming plateau: it served as the set for the Fhloston Paradise commercial, Korben Dallas's garage, the interior of his taxi, and the inside of the reactor at the Nucleo laboratory.