Where They Went

Mission: Impossible (1996)

Directed by Brian De Palma

When an operation in Prague goes wrong and his team is killed, IMF agent Ethan Hunt is suspected of being a traitor and must find the real one, a hunt that leads to London and a train through the Channel Tunnel.

  • Travel shown
  • On foot, bike, skis or swimming
  • Not shown on screen
  • Fictional place
  1. 1Opening operation
    Kyiv, Ukraine
    00:01:00
    Stated on screen

    The team stages a fake death to get a confession.

  2. 2Embassy party
    Prague, Czech Republic
    00:07:00
    Stated on screen
  3. 3Aquarium restaurant
    Prague, Czech Republic
    00:25:00
    Inferred
  4. 4The vault
    CIA headquarters, Langley
    01:02:00
    Stated on screen

    Ethan is lowered into the CIA vault to steal the NOC list.

  5. 5London, England
    01:18:00
    Stated on screen
  6. 6TGV in the tunnel
    Channel Tunnel
    01:28:00
    Stated on screen

The journey in numbers

Distance travelled
20,975 km
Places
5
Countries
4
Stops
6
  • Plane: 19,706 km
  • Not shown: 1,142 km
  • Train: 127 km

Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.

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