Where it was filmed 'The American'

The film, based on the book A Very Private Gentleman by Martin Booth, was shot in 2009 in Sweden, more specifically Östersunds on the island of Norderön, and Italy. The place in which Pavel, the person who orders the hit, sends Jack, is Castelvecchio Calvisio, a small Abruzzese town in the province of L'Aquila, although the only scene actually filmed there is the scene heralding the arrival of the protagonist. Most of the streets and places the chase scenes take place in can instead be found in Castel del Monte, the ancient and picturesque mountainous centre of Abruzzo. It is here that Jack's various encounters with his priest friend Father Benedetto take place, at the Church of San Marco Evangelista and the park in Viale della Vittoria, and the scene of the procession in Piazza San Rocco was filmed, a scene full of tension in which the killer Mathilde tries to kill Jack once and for all.

Another heavily featured location is the stately town of Sulmona (AQ), where a lot of the encounters with Matilde were filmed and the scenes in the apartment in via Cornacchiola new Clara lives were filmed.