Where was Sisters filmed
Сестры
Year: 2001
Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
<p>The main part of the movie shooting took place in St. Petersburg. In order to convey the atmosphere of the 2000s, the production team traveled to the Leningrad region. The streets of Kirovsk became the background for chases and shootings. The railroad station Mga in the township of the same name became the place where the heroines went after escaping from the city. And in Schlisserburg they filmed a scene with my mother's relatives and several other important scenes.</p>
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Locations
Embankment
In movie
Scene where Alik is in a building on the waterfront waiting for a meeting. Downstairs in the parking lot, his friends are sitting in a car and watching the cars pull up. Two cars park and several men walk up to Alik. After a brief conversation, it turns out that the hero must return the million today.
Real
Scene was shot on Martynov Embankment in St. Petersburg. Now the Emperor's Marine Yacht Club is based on the embankment, as well as a residential complex of residences. The embankment is equipped with a helipad and a harbor that can accommodate 200 small vessels.
Prison checkpoint
In movie
Scene where Dina and her mother are waiting for her father to be released from prison. The girl, sitting in the car, watches the entrance to the correctional facility. Dad comes out of there and heads for the car. Dina joyfully runs out of the car and her father lifts her in his arms.
Real
Scene was shot near pre-trial detention center No. 5 in St. Petersburg. The isolation center was opened in 1992 on the territory of the former medical and labor preventorium. The institution is located in pre-revolutionary buildings. The film crew cleverly added the entourage necessary for the movie in the form of fences with barbed wire, checkpoints with escorts and greeters and other attributes of the prison.
Shelter
In movie
Scene where Dina and Sveta are hiding from the bandits.
Real
Scene was shot in the "Lensovet House" at 13 Karpovka Embankment. This house is a typical representative of the Constructivist era, which is why it was chosen for the movie, as it stands out with its staircases and courtyard space.
railway station
In movie
Scene where Sveta and Dina arrive by train at a railroad station. They get out of the carriage and look around. Sveta finds a phone and tries to call her parents, but there is no answer. The girls decide to go to their mother's relatives.
Real
Scene was shot at the railway station of the Mga settlement. The town-type settlement is located in Kirovsky District of Leningrad Region. The station is located on a section of the St. Petersburg-Volkhovstroy track. In 2021, construction of a covered crosswalk over the tracks began.