Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Short description
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 follows Harry, Ron and Hermione as they leave Hogwarts behind and set out on their own to track down and destroy the Horcruxes, the objects that hold fragments of Lord Voldemort's soul and keep him from dying. With Dumbledore gone and the Ministry of Magic in the hands of the Death Eaters, the three friends are hunted fugitives, and the burden of finishing the task falls on them alone. Their search takes them across the country while Voldemort's power keeps growing, and the pressure of the mission strains the bond between them.
The film is the first half of the adaptation of J.K. Rowling's seventh novel, directed by David Yates, who had previously made the fifth and sixth instalments of the series. Steve Kloves wrote the screenplay, and Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint return in the lead roles, with Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman and Toby Jones among the credited cast.
Released in November 2010, the production carried a budget of about 125 million dollars and earned roughly 973 million dollars worldwide. On IMDb it holds 7.7 out of 10 from around 660,000 votes, and on TMDB it also stands at 7.7 from more than 20,000 votes, while the film critics' rating is 7.1 from 288 reviews. Yates went on to direct the concluding part the following year.
What's left behind the scenes
- M. Night Shyamalan and Guillermo del Toro were considered to direct the film.
- David Holmes, a stuntman and Daniel Radcliffe's double, suffered a serious spinal injury during a fall while filming an explosion scene and was paralyzed.
- John Williams, the composer of the first three Harry Potter films, expressed interest in returning to work on this film.
- Bill Weasley is played by Domhnall Gleeson, the son of actor Brendan Gleeson.
- The bas-relief sculpture in the hall of the Ministry of Magic is a reworked version of Ivan Shadr’s 'Struggle with the Earth'. And at the top of the monument is none other than a slightly modified copy of 'Worker and Kolkhoz Woman'. Stuart Craig admitted that Vera Mukhina's sculpture made an indelible impression on him.
- In Dolores Umbridge's office, there are pamphlets on fighting Muggle scum. The cover of one of them is designed in the style of D. Moore's works, and the character on it strongly resembles Maxim Gorky. This is not surprising, as a clay copy of the monument to Maxim Gorky, busts of Lenin and Stalin were constantly present in Craig's workshop during the project. The walls were decorated with Soviet posters from the 30s and 40s, and photographs of Stalinist skyscrapers and other examples of monumental Soviet construction were spread out on the tables.
- 40 versions of Salazar Slytherin's locket were created for filming the scene of the Horcrux's destruction.
- Production designer Stuart Craig drew inspiration from samples of Soviet architecture and sculpture when creating the interiors’ sets. According to him, the appearance of the main hall of the Ministry of Magic was inspired by the views of Moscow Metro stations, particularly the Ploshchad Revolyutsii station.
- The film is based on the novel "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" (2007) by J.K. Rowling.
Auditions in India
Casting calls in USA
Castingi w Polsce
Кастинги в Україні
