A real place on screen
Vienna State Opera
A Ringstrasse opera house brings together public foyers, staircases and a working performance venue. Its ceremonial spaces supplied a very different action setting from the backstage structures built for some shots.
- Architect / attribution
- August Sicard von Sicardsburg and Eduard van der Nüll
- Building chronology
- Opened 1869; rebuilt after World War II
- Place
- Vienna, Austria
The real building
Front der Wiener Staatsoper
Films at Vienna State Opera
Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (2015)
On screen: The opera sequence
The State Opera’s annual report records filming in its interior and exterior spaces. The full action sequence also combines other production spaces.
In the film
Movie frames and production stills are shown separately from photographs of the real building. Film and image credits remain with their respective owners.
Movie frame
Paramount Pictures Corporation · Scene image source
Movie frame
Paramount Pictures Corporation · Scene image source
Filming evidence
Building sources
A screen appearance does not imply public access. Consult the venue for current visiting arrangements.