Where was A Man Called Otto filmed? (filming locations)

A Man Called Otto is finally streaming on Netflix, and of course, it’s the movie everyone’s currently watching. As of May 8, it’s ranked at the No. 1 spot on Netflix’s top 10 movie list, and it doesn’t look like it’ll be leaving the list anytime soon.

A Man Called Otto is a comedy-drama film directed by German-Swiss filmmaker Marc Forster. David Magee, best known for writing the screenplays for Life of Pi, Mary Poppins Returns and The School for Good and Evil, wrote the script for this film. Additionally, it’s a movie adaptation of the 2012 best-selling novel A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman.

It stars Emmy Award-winning actor Tom Hanks as Otto Anderson, a grumpy man who has lost the will to live after the death of his wife. But when a young family moves in nearby, he forms an unlikely friendship with them that ultimately turns his world upside down. The rest of the cast is made up of Mariana Treviño, Rachel Keller, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Truman Hanks, Mike Birbiglia, Cameron Britton, Juanita Jennings, Peter Lawson Jones, and others.

Are you curious to know where A Man Called Otto was filmed? If so, continue reading because we shared the various filming locations below.

A Man Called Otto filming locations

Principal photography took place primarily in different locations in and around Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from February 2022 to May of that year. There were also some scenes shot in Ohio.

Here are some of the filming locations where scenes were shot:

• Sewickley Cemetery – Sewickley, Pennsylvania
• St. Thomas Episcopal Church – Oakmont, Pennsylvania
• Simpson Reinforcing – Arnold, Pennsylvania
• Pittsburgh Theological Seminary – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• Merchant Street in Ambridge – Ambridge, Pennsylvania
• Gilliland Ave – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• Stangl’s Bakery – Ambridge, Pennsylvania
• Busy Beaver of Lawrenceville – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• Bay 41 – a public/private event space in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• Monroeville Senior Citizens Center – Monroeville, Pennsylvania
• North Park – a park located in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
• Max’s Allegheny Tavern – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad Brecksville train station – Brecksville, Ohio
• Cuyahoga Valley National Park – located between the Ohio cities of Cleveland and Akron
• Martin Luther King Jr. Plaza (formerly Central Union Terminal) – Toledo, Ohio

Where does A Man Called Otto take place?

The story takes place in suburban Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This is where Otto lives and where the young family he reluctantly befriends moves to.

How long is A Man Called Otto?

The comedy-drama has a runtime of 2 hours and 6 minutes. Movies are typically somewhere between 96 and 120 minutes long, so A Man Called Otto has an average runtime.

A Man Called Otto is streaming on Netflix.