Snowman might be fun to play with, but what will you do if it starts haunting the city? In October 2017, a movie named The Snowman premiered by Universal Pictures in theatres. The poster read, ‘Mister Police, you could have saved her. I gave you all the clues’. Well, it is a story about a mysterious criminal who is responsible for the deaths of women in the city. He leaves a snowman or snowman drawings on the crime scene.
Police and the detectives try their best to catch him, but the mystery man is two steps ahead of them. The locations in the movie are mostly covered with snow, and lakes are frozen. This dark psychological thriller movie has the most astonishing locations which are worth visiting, especially in winter. So, where are the movie, The Snowman Filming locations? Read on, and we’ll answer you.
What is The Snowman About?
The Snowman is about a serial killer who comes with a mask on and leaves a snowman or snowman designs on the crime place. The movie starts with an introduction of a boy and his mother getting sexually assaulted by the boy’s biological father.
She threatens him that she will reveal the truth about their illegitimate son to his wife. She quickly gets into her car with her son, and during the chase, she drifts into a catatonic situation, and the car crashes into a lake. The son, however, escapes and asks his mom to get out of the car quickly, but she remains seated, and the car sinks.
After many years, we are introduced to an inspector, Harry Hole, who had a breakup with Oleg’s mother, Rakel. He receives a mysterious letter which is signed with a sketch of a Snowman. Enters Katrine, who is investigating the disappearance of Birte Becker (A woman with a family). Harry joins Katrine in her mission. They find a snowman at Beckar’s house.
Well, this was Harry’s second encounter with Snowman. Katrine was investigating a case that was investigated by an inspector, Rafto, nine years ago. Rafto dies shortly, and Harry finds that he might have shot himself in the head. Also, Harry discovers that Katrine, his partner, is Rafto’s daughter.
Katrine believes that a corrupt businessman, Arve, might be behind all the crimes and deaths happening around. She investigates and tries her best to trick Arve into confessing to killing her father. Arve invites her to a hotel where she attaches hidden cameras, but she fails very badly in her plans.
A masked figure attacks her and uses her finger to unlock her tablet, and he deletes all its data. Later, Harry discovers Katerine dead and, again, a snowman design. Harry’s ex-lover was already in a relationship with Mathias. But, on meeting Harry, she admits that she misses him. Harry and Rakel patch up. After Harry leaves to investigate a lead that Katerine left behind, Mathias Kidnaps Rakel and her son. Harry somehow finds the cottage where Mathias had Rakel and her son hostage.
Here comes the biggest twist of the movie! Mathias was no one but the criminal, and he was the one who lost his mother in a car crash at the beginning of the movie. He hated his mother every year after her death as he believed that his mother abandoned him. Therefore, he reveals that his only target is the mother, who does not treat her kids well. However, Mathias gets killed by drowning in a frozen lake, but Harry survives.
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Where Are The Snowman Filming Locations?
The movie was shot in different locations in Oslo, Norway, and the total duration of the filming was around 4-5 months. The team had an interest in the winter and spring seasons. The principal photography started in January 2016, and the maximum part of the movie was done by April 2016, but the shooting resumed in the spring of 2017. Michael Fassbender was spotted in January in the Barcode area of Oslo.
The team was shooting a Tram scene with him, the lead character. In the Oslo City Hall, a party scene was shot. Later in February, the filming locations shifted to the west coast of Norway, and they continued in Rjukan and Bergen.
Oslo (Norway)
Oslo was the important location where the maximum part of the movie was filmed. When we see Harry Hole waking up in the park, it was in Oslo. Uranienborg Kirke, Josefines Gate 43 in Oslo, is another location where we see Harry and Rakel walking past the church. Another location was Westye Egeberg’s Gate in Oslo. It was Harry’s apartment.
Norway
Norway is a beautiful country in Europe covered with snow, mountain peaks, and astonishing visuals, which was the major reason to choose such a place for the movie. Notodden, a city in Vestfold of Telemark County, was included in the movie.
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