Film · 2000 · Jonathan Mostow

U-571 filming locations in Malta

Name: U-571
Released: 2000

U-571 (2000), the WWII submarine thriller with Matthew McConaughey, shot its sea scenes in the Malta Film Studios water tanks and around the Grand Harbour.

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Where was U-571 filmed in Malta?

Jonathan Mostow's U-boat thriller was based in Malta, using the Kalkara studios' sea-edge water tanks for its surface scenes. Full-size submarine replicas were moored in the Grand Harbour during the shoot; they are long gone.

Kalkara

Malta Film Studios Water Tanks

Malta Film Studios in Kalkara has seaside water tanks that blend into the real horizon, used by films from Raise the Titanic (1980) to Gladiator II and Jurassic World Rebirth, and by Sense8 and Das Boot.

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U-571Listed among the productions that used the studios' water tanks — played The North AtlanticMalta Film Studios Water Tanks →

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