The Three Kings (2001) filming locations

Paris 16e, France

The scene : 13 min — Balthazar (Didier Bourdon) and Gaspard (Pascal Légitimus) venture on foot through the traffic in the square, the Eiffel Tower rising behind them.

Paris, France

The scene : 17 min — Convinced that he can reach Judea by the Seine, Melchior (Bernard Campan) arrives at the dock for the pleasure boats.

Paris, France

The scene : 17 min — On the lower quay, Melchior sees a package drop at his feet from the bridge above, and picks it up.

Paris, France

The scene : 17 min — At the foot of the mounted king, Jo (Walid Afkir) and Melchior must explain themselves in front of intrigued police officers about the mysterious package.

Paris 1er, France

The scene : 18 min — As they walk up towards Place Dauphine, Jo and Melchior get to know each other and eventually become friends.

Paris 18e, France

The scene : 19 min — On the central median of the boulevard, Balthazar and Gaspard continue their walk side by side through Paris.

Paris 9e, France

The scene : 20 min — At number 51, the two wizards stop in front of a shell game and can't resist the urge to put in their two cents.

Paris 1er, France

The scene : 21 min — On the side of Halles, facing the entrance of rue Montorgueil, Jo grabs a scooter while Melchior aims at the pigeons with his slingshot.

Monnaie, France

The scene : 22 min — On the freshly stolen scooter, Jo and Melchior zoom across the Seine.

Paris 9e, France

The scene : 22 min — Still on foot, Gaspard and Balthazar turn the corner of Place Pigalle and continue their wandering.

12 rue Frochot (Paris 9e)

Paris 9e, France

The scene : 22 min — Seated at a bar with an unassuming sign, Gaspard and Balthazar are "offered" a drink by a seductive stranger.

Paris, France

The scene : 26 min — Gaspard and Balthazar cross a bridge on the boulevard, with the Gare du Nord to their left.

Paris, France

The scene : 29 min — In front of the large statue, Jo, with a phone to her ear, completely loses track of the events.

Paris 17e, France

The scene : 30 min — Left to himself, Balthazar roams the neighborhood in search of the Conservatory.

16 rue de Logelbach (Paris 17e)

Paris 17e, France

The scene : 30 min — Balthazar walks past a sign indicating 'Rue du Conservatoire', while he is actually on Rue de Logelbach.

Paris 18e, France

The scene : 32 min — Jo leaves a nearby bistro accompanied by Guillaume (Christophe Hémon), his dealer, determined to recover the money owed to him.

Paris 18e, France

The scene : 33 min — A little further on, Guillaume returns to the car he had left at the corner.

Paris 8e, France

The scene : 46 min — In front of the L'Alsace brasserie, Gaspard and Melchior try to catch a passerby, played by Claude Berri for a brief appearance.

Paris 17e, France

The scene : 49 min — Diving into the crowd, the three wise men scan every corner of the street in search of the child Jesus.

Paris 18e, France

The scene : 50 min — The child's quest continues: the three kings go back up the street, still empty-handed.

Paris, France

The neogothic church designed by the architect Auguste-Joseph Magne, Saint-Bernard de la Chapelle dates from 1861 and is protected as a historical monument.

The scene : 50 min — Hoping to finally find the child, Gaspard, Melchior, and Balthazar push open the doors of the church.

Paris, France

The scene : 1 hr 1 min — At night, from a phone booth planted in front of the café, Jo desperately tries to contact Macha (Virginie de Clausade).

Paris 8e, France

The largest square in Paris, located between the Champs-Élysées and the Tuileries, adorned with the Luxor Obelisk. Designed by Ange-Jacques Gabriel in 1772, it is classified as a historical monument.

The scene : 1 hr 1 min — At dusk, the three wise kings meet in the square, the illuminated Ferris wheel in the background.

Paris 18e, France

The scene : 1 hr 8 min — In the early morning, Melchior and Balthazar race down the cobbled slope of the street.

10 rue Garreau (Paris 18th)

Paris 18e, France

The scene : 1 hr 8 min — Their morning descent leads them to the police station, where they introduce themselves.

Former station "Porte des Lilas – Cinéma"

Paris 19e, France

Closed to travelers in 1939, this station is regularly rented for filming.

The scene : 1 hr 20 min — According to erreursdefilms, the platform shown on screen as that of the Trinité station was filmed here: it is tiled, whereas the actual Trinité station is paved.

Paris 17e, France

The scene : 1 hr 25 min — In the dead of night, the ambulance drives the wrong way down the street.

Paris 17e, France

The scene : 1 hr 26 min — At the end of Avenue Carnot, the ambulance narrowly avoids a police car.

Paris 17e, France

The scene : 1 hr 26 min — His wild ride comes to an end in front of the café Le Pré Carré, where the ambulance collides with a passing car.

Paris 17e, France

Avant 1970, la place portait le nom de place de l'Étoile.

The scene : 1 hr 31 min — Lost in the midst of the flow of cars, a dazed Hoeder (Claude Brosset) searches the square at night in search of the little Jesus; the place reappears around 1:31.

Paris 9e, France

The scene : 1 hr 31 min — A conveyor belt at the Auber station appears towards the end of the film; erreursdefilms notes that the next shot, on the Arc de Triomphe, has no geographical connection.

Paris 8e, France

Arc de triomphe de l'Étoile, Place Charles-de-Gaulle, west of the Champs-Élysées. Completed in 1836, it was built by Guillaume Abel Blouet, Jean-François-Thérèse Chalgrin, Jean-Nicolas Huyot, and Louis-Robert Goust in the neoclassical style, and it is listed as a historical monument.

The scene : 1 hr 31 min — At the end of the film, the Arc de Triomphe appears on screen just after Auber's moving walkway, a sequence that erreursdefilms highlights as a continuity error.

Roissy-en-France, France

Inaugurated on March 8, 1974, the airport covers 3,257 hectares and six municipalities spread across Val-d'Oise, Seine-Saint-Denis, and Seine-et-Marne. Its Terminal 1, designed by architect Paul Andreu, is a circular building surrounded by seven satellites, nicknamed "the camembert" and labeled 20th-century Heritage.

The scene : Falling into a time rift, Balthazar, Melchior, and Gaspard make their entrance into Paris in 2001 through Roissy airport.

Paris 1er, France

Royal square of the 1st arrondissement, famous for its column and luxury jewelers.

The scene : Place Vendôme is one of the Parisian locations in the film: L2TC, Film France, and Wikipedia all cite it, without detailing the action.

Paris, France

The scene : The palace at Place Vendôme hosts several moments from the film, according to L2TC and Wikipedia.

Paris 2e, France

The scene : The name of the Bonne-Nouvelle station appears on the screen; Wikipedia notes that the platform shown, with its two facing tracks, does not resemble the actual station.

Paris, France

The scene : L2TC and Film France consider the Trinité – d'Estienne d'Orves station among the filming locations of the film, without specifying the action that takes place there.

Paris 9e, France

The scene : L2TC reports a shooting location in the street that houses the National Conservatory of Dramatic Art.

Paris, France

Housing a theater and a concert hall, the building of the Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique is classified as a historical monument.

The scene : The Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique is among the film's locations, cited by L2TC, Film France, and Wikipedia.

Gare du Nord

Paris 10e, France

Inaugurated in 1864, the Gare du Nord owes its monumental facade to the architect Jacques Ignace Hittorff. As a terminal station, it combines the functions of a border station for international connections and an RER station, and it is listed as a historic monument.

The scene : Gare du Nord serves as Saint-Lazare station in several sequences; errorsdefilms points out a continuity error, with Melchior's watch showing 3:57 PM while the station clock displays 1:28 PM in the next shot.

Saint-Cloud, France

The scene : L2TC situates a moment of shooting at the Monoprix at this address in Saint-Cloud, without describing the action.

Paris 18e, France

The scene : L2TC mentions Jean-François-Lépine Street among the filming locations, without specifying the action.

Paris 8e, France

The scene : The large wheel installed at Place de la Concorde appears on screen, illuminated, during the night sequence of the square.

Paris, France

The scene : L2TC and Film France list the Champs-Élysées – Clemenceau station among the film's settings, without details about the action.

Paris 7e, France

The Eiffel Tower, a 330 m iron lady erected by Gustave Eiffel for the 1889 Exposition, on the Champ-de-Mars. Designed by Stéphen Sauvestre, this lattice and observation tower is classified as a historic monument.

The scene : The Eiffel Tower appears in the frame, viewed from the Champ-de-Mars according to L2TC, and also serves as a backdrop for crossing the Place de Varsovie.

Paris 7e, France

The scene : Film France lists the Champ-de-Mars among the filming locations; L2TC places the viewpoint on the Eiffel Tower there.

Paris 9e, France

Parisian palace near the Place Vendôme and the Tuileries. Built in 1862 by architect Alfred Armand in the Haussmannian style, it is a listed historic monument.

The scene : Wikipédia lists the palace on Rue Scribe, the InterContinental Paris Le Grand, among the Parisian filming locations of the movie, without specifying the scene.

Paris 8e, France

Star-shaped square spanning the tracks of the Saint-Lazare train station, in the 8th arrondissement of Paris. It dates back to 1826. It is officially named Place de l'Europe - Simone Veil.

The scene : Wikipedia cites the Place de l'Europe among the filming locations of the film, without specifying the sequence.

Ouarzazate, Morocco

City-gate of the Moroccan desert at the foot of the High Atlas, nicknamed the "gateway to the Sahara" and one of the main centers for international film shooting.

The scene : Part of the filming took place in Morocco, particularly in the desert: the magazine Téoros lists the film among the productions shot in Ouarzazate.

Ramatuelle, France

The scene : Wikipedia mentions the hotel Les Bergerettes, in Ramatuelle, as a filming location, without specifying the sequence.