Dune: Part Two is a 2024 epic science-fiction film directed by Denis Villeneuve and the second half of his adaptation of Frank Herbert’s novel. The story follows Paul Atreides as he deepens his bond with the Fremen, embraces his growing power, and moves toward open war against House Harkonnen and the imperial forces behind his family’s destruction. Compared with the first film, it is broader in scope and more emotionally charged, combining desert survival, prophecy, political conflict and large-scale warfare with a stronger focus on Paul and Chani.
The film was shot across several very different real-world locations, and those choices are a major reason it feels so physically vast. Principal photography took place in Budapest, Jordan, Abu Dhabi and Italy, with additional work in the Namib Desert. The Jordan material, especially around Wadi Rum, gives Arrakis its harsher rocky desert landscapes, while Abu Dhabi adds wider dune fields and more open sand-sea imagery. In Italy, the striking Memoriale Brion at Altivole was used for the imperial world of Kaitain, giving that part of the film a cold, monumental elegance very different from Arrakis. Budapest, meanwhile, served as the main production base for sets and controlled interior work, helping create the film’s more artificial environments, including the worlds of power, ritual and oppression away from the desert. Together, these locations give the film a richer visual geography than a single desert setting could have achieved, moving from brutal wilderness to ceremonial architecture and vast man-made interiors.
Kerepesi Cemetery
Kerepesi Cemetery appears in Dune: Part Two (2024), Red Sparrow (2018), and The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (2008).
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