Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

"The End Begins"

- Official tagline

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 is the first installment of a two-part film based on Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J. K. Rowling.

David Yates, who directed the preceding two films, is directing both parts, with Steve Kloves returning to script .The first part is currently scheduled for release in November 2010, with the second following in July 2011. Production of the two films occurred concurrently, and treated as if it were one film. The idea to split the films had been around since the middle of 2007, but only really came into serious consideration after producer David Heyman was able to talk to writer Steve Kloves when the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike ended and Heyman had Rowling's approval.

On March 12, 2008, Warner Bros. additionally confirmed that the movie would be split into two, to do justice to the book. David Yates, director of Order of the Phoenix and Half-Blood Prince will return to direct and Steve Kloves is going to write the screenplay. According to Warner Bros. executive it will allow "an extra hour and a half to celebrate what this franchise has been and do justice to all the words and ideas in the amazing story." Heyman described the workings behind the split: "Deathly Hallows is so rich, the story so dense and there is so much that is resolved that, after discussing it with Rowling, we came to the conclusion that two parts were needed." Due to the WGA strike, Kloves was not able to start work on the script until it ended.

Before David Yates was officially chosen to direct the film, others had expressed an interest in the job. Alfonso Cuarón, director of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, had said that he would be "tempted" to return to direct. Guillermo del Toro, who passed on Prisoner of Azkaban, had expressed interest in directing Deathly Hallows, but an increased workload ruled him out of the project.

Heyman noted that the films will be a closer recreation of the books than the previous films because of the length a two-part adaptation entails. Daniel Radcliffe said: "This is a road movie, particularly in Part One of the film. People have been so used to seeing Harry Potter at Hogwarts and we're just not there for the first part of the film. That seems to have really freshened things up, and hopefully will get people seeing the films with fresh eyes again, because it's just a totally different look when you're not just sat in the same room the whole time."

Although Yates had retained composer Nicholas Hooper for Half-Blood Prince, John Williams (who composed the scores to the first three films) had expressed interest in returning to score the film - however he did not state which part he would be contributing to. In January 2010 Alexandre Desplat, a French composer, was confirmed to produce the score for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1.

Yates and Heyman have noted that some of the events of this film had an effect on the way the sixth film was written.

The part will end as Lord Voldemort obtains the Elder Wand from Albus Dumbledore's tomb.

In the wake of the success of the 3-D film Avatar in late 2009, Warner Bros. announced that both Deathly Hallows films will be converted to 3-D for showing in 3-D. A standard 2-D version of the film will also be circulated, as stated in the most recent trailer. On October 9, 2010, it was announced that Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 would not be released in 3-D because the film would not be complete before the release. It is possible it could be re-released in the near future as the conversion to 3-D has already begun.

Synopsis
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the seventh and final adventure in the Harry Potter film series, is a motion picture event, told in two full-length parts. Part 1 begins as Harry, Ron and Hermione set out on their perilous mission to track down and destroy the Horcruxes—the keys to Voldemort’s immortality. On their own, without the guidance or protection of their professors, the three friends must now rely on one another more than ever. But there are Dark Forces in their midst that threaten to tear them apart.

Meanwhile, the Wizarding world has become a dangerous place for all enemies of the Dark Lord. The long-feared war has begun and Voldemort’s Death Eaters seize control of the Ministry of Magic and even Hogwarts, terrorizing and arresting anyone who might oppose them. But the one prize they still seek is the one most valuable to Voldemort: Harry Potter. The Chosen One has become the hunted one as Voldemort’s followers look for Harry with orders to bring him to the Dark Lord…alive.

Harry’s only hope is to find the Horcruxes before Voldemort finds him. But as he searches for clues, he uncovers an old and almost forgotten tale—the legend of the Deathly Hallows. And if the legend turns out to be true, it could give Voldemort the ultimate power he seeks. Little does Harry know that his future has already been decided by his past when, on that fateful day, he became “the Boy Who Lived.” No longer just a boy, Harry Potter is drawing ever closer to the task for which he has been preparing since the day he first stepped into Hogwarts: the ultimate battle with Voldemort.

Plot
Part I

In the summer of 1997, Rufus Scrimgeour, newly appointed Minister for Magic, addresses the magical world about Lord Voldemort's return to power, insisting that the Ministry remains strong and defiant in the wake of recent events. Meanwhile, Harry Potter watches quietly as the Dursleys pack up their car and leave him behind in their empty and abandoned house, waiting on the Order of the Phoenix. Similarly, Hermione Granger prepares herself for the journey ahead by wiping her parents' memories and removing all traces of her existence from the house.

Concurrently, Severus Snape arrives at Malfoy Manor, where Lord Voldemort is holding a meeting of the Death Eaters. Snape takes his place among them and informs Voldemort of the date and time of Harry Potter's removal from 4 Privet Drive. While discussing their plans, Voldemort declares to his Death Eaters that he alone must be the one to kill Harry but that he requires another's wand to do the deed. Lord Voldemort chooses Lucius Malfoy in punishment for his failures, and Lucius reluctantly obliges. To test the new wand, Lord Voldemort toys with Charity Burbage, the former Muggle Studies professor at Hogwarts, whom he has bound and levitated before killing her.

Days later, several members of the Order of the Phoenix arrive at the Dursleys' to move Harry to the Burrow. Alastor Moody informs Harry that since they cannot Apparate or use the Floo network without alerting the Ministry of Magic, they must fly to the Burrow. Ronald Weasley, Hermione Granger, Fleur Delacour, Mundungus Fletcher, and Fred and George Weasley all volunteer to take Polyjuice Potion in order to disguise themselves as Harry, though Fletcher is reluctant. They hope that if the Death Eaters attack them in flight, they will not know which Harry Potter is the real one. Prior to leaving with Rubeus Hagrid aboard Sirius Black's motorbike, Harry releases Hedwig to fly and meet them at the Burrow. Upon liftoff, they are almost immediately set upon by a group of Death Eaters. A chase ensues with Hedwig joining the fight as she attacks a Death Eater who is pursuing Harry and Hagrid. However, she is hit with the Killing Curse. Having been revealed, Harry is then pursued by Voldemort himself. Desperately trying to escape, Harry's wand acts of its own accord and casts a spell at Voldemort precisely when Voldemort casts a Killing Curse. Harry's unintended spell overpowers Voldemort and destroys Lucius's wand. Voldemort is forced to remain behind, having been defeated again. Harry and Hagrid then pass through the protective enchantment surrounding the Burrow and land.

Having been betrayed the rest of the Order is on edge as they arrive. After Harry helps Remus Lupin carry the injured George Weasley, whose left ear has cursed off, inside, Lupin rounds on Harry and confirms his identity at wand point. With each arrival relief spreads among the survivors. Eventually, Bill Weasley arrives and sadly informs the group that Mundungus Fletcher fled when he saw Voldemort, and that Mad-Eye Moody was killed. That night, awoken by dreams of Voldemort, Harry attempts to leave, feeling guilty that people have been injured for him. Ron manages to stop Harry and convinces him to stay long enough to see Bill and Fleur's wedding.

While setting up for the wedding, Rufus Scrimgeour arrives and meets with Harry, Ron, and Hermione, revealing that Albus Dumbledore left them several possessions in his will. To Ron, he left his deluminator, a device used to steal and return lights. To Hermione, Dumbledore left his copy of The Tales of Beedle the Bard, a series of wizarding children stories. To Harry, he left the Golden Snitch that Harry caught in his first Quidditch match and the Sword of Gryffindor, which Scrimgeour informs Harry that he cannot have, not only because it was not Dumbledore's to give, but it had gone missing.

At the Wedding of William Weasley and Fleur Delacour, Harry sits and talks with Elphias Doge, an elderly wizard and friend of Dumbledore's who wrote an obituary in The Daily Prophet about him. They are joined by Ron's Auntie Muriel, who suggests that Harry barely knew Dumbledore at all, telling him snippets of Dumbledore's strange past. This causes Harry much pain, as he believed he knew Dumbledore well. The wedding is interrupted by Kingsley Shacklebolt's patronus which tells the merrymakers that the Ministry had fallen, the Minister dead, and the Death Eaters approaching. Almost immediately, the Death Eaters arrive. In the confusion, Harry tries to protect Ginny, but Lupin orders him to leave. Harry grasps hand with Ron and Hermione, and the trio Apparate away, landing in Muggle London.

After changing, they go to a small coffee shop to discuss their next course of action, when they are suddenly attacked by two Death Eaters, disguised at city workers. The trio subdue Antonin Dolohov and Thorfinn Rowle in a brief but violent skirmish. Ron suggests killing them, but Harry decides it would be better to wipe their memories, which Hermione proceeds to do. The trio decide to go to 12 Grimmauld Place to hide. While there, they discover the identity of R.A.B, the mysterious person who allegedly stole the real locket of Slytherin that Voldemort had turned into a Horcrux. As it turns out, R.A.B. is actually Sirius Black's brother, Regulus Black. Kreacher, the resident house-elf of Grimmauld Place tells Harry, Hermione, and Ron that the real locket was in the house, but that it had been stolen by Mundungus Fletcher. Harry orders Kreacher to find Mundungus and bring him back.

At the Ministry of Magic many things are changing. Pius Thicknesse, an accomplice of the Death Eaters, has taken the position of Minister for Magic and decreed that all witches and wizards must be screened to determine their Blood status. Harry has also become the most wanted wizard in Britain. Meanwhile, Harry has a vision of Voldemort finding Gregorovich, a foriegn wandmaker, whom he questions and tortures, before he executes him. Later, Kreacher returns to Grimmuald Place with Mundungus Fletcher, as does Dobby, a house-elf that Harry freed from the Malfoy family in his second year at Hogwarts. Mundungus tells the trio that he was forced to give the locket to a Ministry woman in order to save himself from being arrested for pawning without a licence. Upon further questioning, he reveals that the woman is none other than Dolores Umbridge.

The trio use Polyjuice Potion to take on the appearance of three Ministry officials and sneak into the Ministry to find Umbridge. They end up separated. Ron has to take care of an angry Yaxley, the Head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement and a Death Eater, while Harry goes to Umbridge's office to search for the locket, and Hermione follows Umbridge to the courtroom where she is holding trials for Muggle-borns. In his search, Harry does not find the locket in Umbridge's office, though hes is greatly saddened by the files in Umbridge's desk detailing the surveillance of his friends and their relatives. In the elevator, he meets up with Ron again. Together, they go down to the courtroom, where a large group of Dementors are being used to scare the Muggle-borns on trial into submission. Umbridge is interrogating, Mary Cattermole, the wife of the man that Ron is impersonating, Reginald Cattermole. Harry, in a fit of rage at Umbridge, stuns her. He quickly retrieves the locket, and the trio along with Mrs. Catermole evade the Dementors. The trio quickly escape from the Ministry with Yaxley on their tail.

Arriving in a forest, Harry and Hermione discover that Ron has been splinched, and while Hermione tends to his wounds, she tells Harry that they cannot return to Grimmauld Place. Yaxley had grabbed ahold of her as they Dispparated from the Ministry and was brought inside the Fidelius Charm when they arrived. After Ron is patched up, the trio attempt a variety of spells to destroy the Horcrux, but despite their best efforts and most destructive spells, the locket remains unscratched. They decide that they will search the countryside for more Horcruxes while taking turns wearing the locket. Soon, they realise that while wearing the locket, the wearer feels more angry, suspicious, fearful, and overall bad-tempered than normal. Ron is affected most particularly, and while wearing the locket he bitterly notices Harry and Hermione spending a lot of time together. They begin to listlessly wander the countryside, and one day while Harry is pondering the snitch Dumbledore left him, Hermione tells him that snitches have flesh memories. The snitch can remember which person caught it, and it can only open for that one person.

One night, Hermione comes to realise why Dumbledore left Harry Godric Gryffindor's Sword. She tells him that the sword is Goblin-made, meaning that it does not retain dust, dirt, or scratches, but it does imbibe any and all things that will make it stronger. As Harry had killed Salazar Slytherin's basilisk in his second year with the sword, the sword is now impregnated with basilisk venom, one of the few rare substances that can destroy a Horcrux. This revelation causes Ron, who was wearing the Locket, to snap. He screams at Harry, saying that Harry is taking them nowhere, and that he is free from worry, because he has no family. Ron storms off, leaving a flabbergasted Harry and a heartbroken Hermione behind.

Harry and Hermione Apparate from the campsite the next day, leaving behind any chance that Ron can find them again. Hermione is heartbroken by Ron's departure, and Harry notices. One night, while listening to the radio, Harry invites Hermione to a friendly dance, hoping to lighten the mood. They both smile for the first time since Ron's departure, and when it is over, Harry briefly hesitates to let Hermione go. The following day, Harry is pondering the snitch once more, and it comes to him that he nearly swallowed the snitch in his first match. He then presses his lips to it and writing appears, saying "I open at the close." He shows it to Hermione, but they cannot make anything of the inscription.

Harry and Hermione decide to go to Godric's Hollow for two reasons. The first being that it was where Harry's parents died and he wishes to visit their grave. The second being that Bathilda Bagshot, a historian and a friend to the Dumbledore family, lives there and they believe that Dumbledore could have left Gryffindor's Sword with her. They apparate to Godric's Hollow and realise that it's Christmas Eve. Harry and Hermione go to the town's graveyard to search for Harry's parents' grave. Hermione notices on the grave of one 'Ignotus Peverell' the exact same symbol that was inked into her copy of "The Tales of Beedle the Bard" left to her by Dumbledore. Harry finds his parents' graves, and Hermione conjures a wreath of roses for it.

The two then notice that they are being watched by none other than Bathilda Bagshot. They follow her to her house, all the while remaining silent. Once there, Bathilda goes upstairs and Harry follows her, leaving Hermione to investigate downstairs. Hermione notices that Bathilda owns a copy of Rita Skeeter's new book "The Life and Lies of Albus Dumbledore", and takes it out of curiosity. Harry takes notice of a picture of a young man on the way upstairs. Once upstairs, Bathilda finally speaks to Harry, but in parseltongue. Harry responds, not knowing that it's a trap. Bathilda's body falls away to reveal Nagini to have been controlling her. Nagini attacks Harry and Hermione, hearing the noise, comes upstairs to help. Harry is bitten by the snake, but the two manage to escape.

When Harry awakes, Hermione tells him that in the commotion at Bathilda's, his wand was destroyed. She also reveals to Harry that the picture he saw of a young man is the same picture in "The Life and Lies of Albus Dumbledore". The man is Gellert Grindelwald, a dark wizard from the mid-1900s and a brief friend of Albus Dumbledore's when they were teenagers. That night, Harry sits outside on guard when a silver doe-patronus appears to him. He follows it to a small frozen pond. The Sword of Gryffindor is at the bottom. Harry strips down and dives in to retrieve it, but the horcrux around his neck senses the Sword and tries to strangle Harry. Ron suddenly arrives and rescues Harry, as well as retrieving the Sword. Harry uses parseltongue to open the locket so Ron can destroy it. The locket tries to fight back by using fearful apparitions on Ron, including a large smokey monstrosity and spiders. Then it takes the form of Harry and Hermione, who tell Ron what a failure he is. The Harry and Hermione apparition share a passionate kiss, and Ron, enraged, destroys the Horcrux.

They return to the tent, where Hermione grows increasingly angry at Ron for having the audacity to return. Harry and Hermione wonder how Ron found them, and he tells them that the Deluminator that Dumbledore left him was what got him back. He says he heard Hermione's voice coming from it and he clicked it. A small blue light came out and went into his chest where his heart was, and he apparated and arrived in time to see the silver doe.

The trio decides to visit the Lovegood house due to the fact that the symbol Hermione sees in "The Life and Lies of Albus Dumbledore" has popped up everywhere, including around Xenophilias Lovegood's neck at Bill and Fleur's wedding. Mr. Lovegood tells them the tale of the Three Brothers and the Deathly Hallows, which are revealed to be three incredibly powerful magical items; The Elder Wand, a wand of immense power that is rumored to be unbeatable, The Ressurection Stone, a stone that can bring back the spirits of those who have died, and The Invisibility Cloak, making the wearer completely invisible. The rumor goes that the person who brings these three items together will become master of death. Xenophilias tries to turn the trio over to the Death Eaters as ransom for his daughter Luna, who they have captured. The trio escape and disapparate magically back to the forest, where a group of Snatchers are waiting to capture them. Hermione magically disfigures Harry's face so he is unrecognizable. They are captured and taken them to Malfoy Manor in order to collect a reward that was set for Harry.

At Malfoy Manor, Bellatrix Lestrange imprisons Harry and Ron in the cellar, where she has also imprisoned Luna Lovegood, the wandmaker Ollivander, and Griphook the Goblin; meanwhile, she tortures Hermione to try to find out how they acquired the Sword of Gryffindor, which she had believed to be safe in her vault at Gringotts. Harry has another vision and sees Voldemort finding Grindelwald at the wizarding prison, Nuremgard. Grindelwald tells him that as a result of a long ago duel, Dumbledore is now the master of one of the Deathly Hallows, the Elder Wand.

Harry, using a magical mirror his godfather Sirius gave him, sees another man's face staring back at him. He begs the person in the mirror for help. Dobby then appears and at Harry's request, rescues Luna and Ollivander and returns to help Harry, Ron, Hermione and Griphook. The group rescue Hermione with Dobby's help, but Bellatrix throws the dagger, with which she used to carve the word "mudblood" into Hermione's arm, at Dobby as they disapparate, causing it to sink into his chest, killing him. Harry gives Dobby a proper burial on the beach near Shell Cottage, the home of Bill and Fleur.

The films ends with Voldemort visiting Dumbledore's White Tomb on the islands near Hogwarts, he splits open the coffin and steals the Elder Wand; triumphant he sends green lightning shooting into darks clouds that gather overhead.

Filming
Pre-production began on January 26, 2009, and filming began on February 19, 2009 at Leavesden Film Studios, where the previous six films had been shot, and Pinewood Studios.

Eduardo Serra is the cinematographer. Yates said that the film will be shot "with loads of hand-held cameras. I want to shake things up every time I go into this world. I like experimenting as we go along."

During production at Leavesden, Radcliffe's stunt double David Holmes suffered a serious spinal injury during filming of an aerial sequence. Holmes fell to the ground following an explosion which was part of the stunt. It is probable that the aerial sequence and explosion is the Battle over Little Whinging. This left Holmes paralyzed from the waist down and it is reported he will be unable to ever walk again.

Shooting Schedule
David Heyman gave additional details on the filming schedule for the two films:

"We finished the sixth film which'll be coming out next summer and we start filming the seventh which we'll be breaking into two parts for a 54 week shoot starting in February (2009)."

Test shoots were done on January 26, 2009 as Emma Watson revealed on her Official Website. Unfortunately, just days later it was reported that a stunt double for Daniel Radcliffe was seriously injured while testing an explosion scene.

Filming for both parts started officially on February 15, 2009 and ended on June 12, 2010.

Filming on Location

 * On April 21, 2009, photos of Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter) and Emma Watson (Hermione Granger) with a tent camped in a open field along with the Deathly Hallows staff and crew have been circling around the web. The report says that it was shot in Scotland.


 * On the same day, The-Leaky-Cauldron.org first reported that location filming for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows has been set in and  portion of London, England.
 * Hundreds of photos of Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint including the crew & staff & 200+ extras for the film production has been released on the net during shooting hours from midnight to 6 a.m. and on the next day, April 22.


 * On April 22, BBC News reported that Deathly Hallows filming on the coastline of will take place from 11th to 15th May 2009 on Freshwater West beach of the  where the scenes for Shell Cottage are said to be shot.


 * On 24th of April, The T-L-C website released the first photos of the Shell Cottage while under construction on the coastline in the Pembrokeshire area of Wales.


 * Various pictures can be seen of the cast of HP-DH filming scenes from the film on this Site. These are the Shell Cottage scenes, most likely.


 * They started shooting the forest scenes at  on 10 June 2009.


 * Numerous photos of the main casts including pictures of Sophie Thompson (Mafalda Hopkirk), David O'Hara (Albert Runcorn), and Steffan Rhodri (Reg Cattermole) and the set reports from Deathly Hallows filming in ,  have emerged online since 28 June 2009, which appear to be the scene in which Harry, Hermione and Ron infiltrated the Ministry of Magic to obtain the real Horcrux locket from Dolores Umbridge.


 * Stunt sequences for Deathly Hallows were shot Thursday (July 23) and Friday night (July 24) in in Kent, England, with Harry and Hagrid's doubles (Daniel Radcliffe and Robbie Coltrane were not filming) driving against the traffic on Sirius's motorcycle. This scene follows the Seven Potters escapade in Privet Drive; Harry's double is also noted to be pointing his wand at an unknown enemy. Photos from the location shoot has emerged online since 27th July, 2009.


 * According to the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry, which is hosting a Harry Potter Exhibition, some of David Thewlis' costumes were sent to the UK because Thewlis will need to wear them for the wedding scenes. This filming began on August 10, 2009.
 * The scene where Hermione leaves home was shot in Hampstead Garden Suburb.

Special Effects

 * For the Seven Potters sequence, Oliver Phelps mentioned on his twitter that a mixture of special effects and makeup has been used to make the actors' face look like Daniel Radcliffe, using a VFX MOVA facial capture scan with 29 cameras and UV makeup.

The Soundtrack
In January 2010, Alexandre Desplat was confirmed to produce the score for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1. The French composer will record the music in London studios with the London Symphony Orchestra. He will score until September.

«''We will start this summer, it will take me all summer, I will not have many holidays, but again it's for good reason, for the soundtrack. I would take every opportunity to use the fabulous theme composed by John Williams, I'd say it has not sufficiently used in the latest movies, so if I have the opportunity and if the footage allows me, I'm going to arrange it, to give it another meaning... Well, I have no obligation to use it but I shall make it with great honor and pleasure.''» - Alexandre Desplat - Interview of the French composer by Cinézik.

The soundtrack will be released on November 16, 2010 in U.K. and the U.S.

Soundtrack

 * 1) Obliviate
 * 2) Snape to Malfoy Manor
 * 3) Polyjuice Potion
 * 4) Sky Battle
 * 5) At The Burrow
 * 6) Harry and Ginny
 * 7) The Will
 * 8) Death Eaters
 * 9) Dobby
 * 10) Ministry of Magic
 * 11) Detonators
 * 12) The Locket
 * 13) Fireplaces Escape
 * 14) Ron Leaves
 * 15) The Exodus
 * 16) Godric's Hollow Graveyard
 * 17) Bathilda Bagshot
 * 18) Hermione's Parents
 * 19) Destroying the Locket
 * 20) Ron's Speech
 * 21) Lovegood
 * 22) The Deathly Halllows
 * 23) Captured and Tortured
 * 24) Rescuing Hermione
 * 25) Farewell to Dobby
 * 26) The Elder Wand

Release Dates

 * Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 - November 19, 2010

The Trio

 * Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter.
 * Rupert Grint as Ron Weasley.
 * Emma Watson as Hermione Granger.

Hogwarts staff

 * Alan Rickman as Severus Snape.
 * Suzie Toase as Alecto Carrow.
 * Ralph Ineson as Amycus Carrow.
 * Robbie Coltrane as Rubeus Hagrid.
 * Carolyn Pickles as Charity Burbage.
 * Steve Poulsen as Wizard Teacher.

Order of the Phoenix

 * Brendan Gleeson as Alastor "Mad Eye" Moody.
 * David Thewlis as Remus Lupin.
 * Natalia Tena as Nymphadora Tonks.
 * Domhnall Gleeson as Bill Weasley.
 * Clémence Poésy as Fleur Delacour.
 * Julie Walters as Molly Weasley.
 * Mark Williams as Arthur Weasley.
 * James Phelps as Fred Weasley.
 * Oliver Phelps as George Weasley.
 * George Harris as Kingsley Shacklebolt.
 * Andy Linden as Mundungus Fletcher.
 * Ciarán Hinds as Aberforth Dumbledore.
 * David Ryall as Elphias Doge.

Lord Voldemort, his Death Eaters and followers

 * Ralph Fiennes as Lord Voldemort.
 * Helena Bonham Carter as Bellatrix Lestrange.
 * Timothy Spall as Peter Pettigrew.
 * Jason Isaacs as Lucius Malfoy.
 * Helen McCrory as Narcissa Malfoy.
 * Tom Felton as Draco Malfoy.
 * Rod Hunt as Thorfinn Rowle.
 * Peter Mullan as Yaxley.
 * Arben Bajraktaraj as Antonin Dolohov.
 * Johnpaul Castrianni
 * Catherine Balavage
 * Paul Khanna
 * Jon Campling
 * James Williamson
 * Timothy Shieff
 * Artem Sinelnikov
 * Michael Thompson
 * Jay De Silva
 * Alain Stash
 * Emil Hostina
 * Matthew Bancroft
 * Sam Child
 * Ben Champniss
 * David Sharpe
 * Jeff Lipman
 * Neil Findlater
 * Tony Kirwood
 * Neil Shroot
 * Daniel Pharaoh as special Death Eater.
 * Peter Lloyd-Jones
 * Graham Duff
 * Anthony John Crocker
 * Peter G. Reed
 * Granville Saxton
 * Judith Sharp
 * Ashley McGuire
 * Penelope McGhie
 * Bob Yves Van Hellenberg Hubar
 * Simon Grover
 * Adrian Annis
 * Chloe Franks as Main Death Eater.

Snatchers

 * Dave Legeno as Fenrir Greyback.
 * Nick Moran as Scabior.
 * Chase Armitage
 * Adam Brashaw
 * Samuel Supple
 * Sam Parham
 * Cole Armitage
 * Matthew Kaye
 * Shaun Andrews
 * Michael Wilson
 * Sam Lucas
 * Samuel Roukin
 * Nathan Barris
 * Scott Young
 * James Stokes
 * Curtis Small
 * Cane Armitage
 * Daniel Ilabaca
 * Ryan Doyle
 * Phill Doyle
 * Robyn Lane
 * Jennifer Clegg
 * Matthew Morley
 * Chloe Bruce
 * Grace Bruce
 * David Decio
 * Charlotte Atkinson
 * Ben Champniss

Ministry of Magic

 * Bill Nighy as Rufus Scrimgeour.
 * Imelda Staunton as Dolores Umbridge.
 * Guy Henry as Pius Thicknesse
 * David O'Hara as Albert Runcorn.
 * Steffan Rhodri as Reginald Cattermole.
 * Sophie Thompson as Mafalda Hopkirk.
 * Sian Thomas as Amelia Bones.
 * Pete Perry as Ministry of Magic Wizard.
 * Louise Walpole as Ministry of Magic Witch.
 * Pete Noakes as Ministry of Magic Policeman.
 * Ian Seale as Ministry of Magic Policeman.
 * Jim Goldstone as Ministry of Magic Policeman.
 * Jamie Clark as Ministry Wizard.
 * Sarah Jane O'Neill as Ministry Wizard.
 * Guinevere Edwards as Ministry Wizard.
 * Kas Graham as Ministry Wizard.
 * Catherine Laine as Ministry Typist.
 * Helen Harbord as Ministry Worker.
 * Vicky Brackley as Ministry Wizard/Worker.
 * Bella Sokol as Auror.
 * Nicholas Dare as Auror.
 * Phil Stanley as Ministry Worker.

Hogwarts students

 * Bonnie Wright as Ginny Weasley.
 * Evanna Lynch as Luna Lovegood.
 * Matthew Lewis as Neville Longbottom.
 * Devon Murray as Seamus Finnigan.
 * Jessie Cave as Lavender Brown.
 * Anna Shaffer as Romilda Vane.
 * Afshan Azad as Padma Patil.
 * Isabella Laughland as Leanne.
 * Josh Herdman as Gregory Goyle.
 * Scarlett Byrne as Pansy Parkinson.
 * Louis Cordice as Blaise Zabini.
 * William Melling as Nigel Wespurt.
 * Amber Evans as Flora Carrow.
 * Ruby Evans as Hestia Carrow.
 * Katie Leung as Cho Chang.
 * Georgina Leonidas as Katie Bell.
 * Freddie Stroma as Cormac McLaggen.
 * Grace Francis as Gryffindor Senior.
 * Ryan Butcher as Gryffindor Student.
 * Ifeoma Oboko as Gryffindor Student.
 * Georgie May as Gryffindor Student.
 * Lauren Sherry as Gryffindor Student.
 * Jake Lambert as Ravenclaw Senior.
 * Gemma Kayla as Ravenclaw Senior.
 * Joshua Savary as Ravenclaw Student.
 * Chris Chan as Injured Ravenclaw Student.
 * Louisa Warren as Hufflepuff Senior.
 * Kamilla Woodburn as Hufflepuff Senior.
 * Rayman Jilani as Hufflepuff Student.
 * Margotu Margai as Hufflepuff Student.
 * Elliot Francis as Slytherin Senior and Outstanding member of the Slug Club.
 * George Christodoulou as Slytherin Student.
 * Clive Elkington as Student.
 * Luannsa Goodman as Student.
 * Jade Stanger as Student.
 * Lily Tello as Student/Extra.
 * Sammy (Samira) Sidhu as Student/Extra.
 * Melissa Gotobed as First Year Student.
 * Victor Akintunde as Student/Extra.
 * Sophia Kimitri as school girl.
 * Charlie Hobbs as student.
 * Emma Jayne-Corboz as school girl.
 * Sarah Fitzhenry as school girl.
 * Nicola Williams as student.
 * Danielle Black as student.

Wizarding World related

 * John Hurt as Mr. Ollivander.
 * Rhys Ifans as Xenophilius Lovegood.
 * Miranda Richardson as Rita Skeeter.
 * Matyelok Gibbs as Auntie Muriel.
 * Hazel Douglas as Bathilda Bagshot.
 * Frances de la Tour as Olympe Maxime.
 * Michael Byrne as Gellert Grindelwald
 * Kate Fleetwood as Mary Cattermole.
 * Rade Šerbedžija as Gregorovitch.
 * Angelica Mandy as Gabrielle Delacour.
 * Jamie Campbell Bower as Young Gellert Grindelwald.
 * Toby Regbo as Young Albus Dumbledore.
 * Martin Ballantyne as Scary Face/Mundungus's Associate.
 * Melanie Slade as Hermione's Friend.
 * Russell Alan White as Wedding Guest.
 * Christian Wolf-La'Moy as Wedding Guest.
 * Derek Powell as Wedding Guest.
 * Robert Roman Ratajczak as Wedding Guest.
 * Samantha Warner as Summer Dress Girl.
 * Annette Elstob as Young Woman.
 * George Potts as Balding Wizard.
 * Laurence Richardson as Wizard.
 * David Knijnenburg as Wizard.
 * James Currie as Mudblood.
 * Nathan Robinson as Mudblood.
 * Chris Bowe as Commuter.
 * Andy Callaghan as Wizard Parent.
 * Alison Cain as Veela (possibly Apolline Delacour).
 * Ned Dennehy as Frightened Wizard.
 * Tabatha St. Vincent as Extra.
 * Danielle Bilyard as Extra.
 * Mary Epworth as Extra.
 * Ricky Wilson as Extra.
 * Bosworth Acres-Debenham as Extra.
 * Hattie Gotobed as Extra.
 * Ben Gordon as Extra.
 * Peter Sims as Wizard.
 * Barry Huckfield as Mudblood.
 * Niki Stannett as pedestrian and Extras.
 * Danielle Speight Speight as pedestrian/Extras.
 * Mary O'Mahony as Extra.
 * Stephen Hawke as Extra.
 * Adam Jeayes as Extra.
 * Hayley Michelle in a Piccadilly scene.
 * Jennifer Edwards as Ministry Wizard Extra.
 * John Snowden as Wizard.
 * Jac Coxall as Extra.
 * Daniel Tuite as Skinny Ministry Wizard.
 * Rose Keegan as Red Haired Witch.
 * Danny Webb as Bushy Haired Muttering Wizard.
 * Daisy Haggard as Ministry Lift Voice.
 * Eva Alexander as Waitress.
 * John Dingain as Extra.
 * Tanya Jarvis as Extra.

Ghosts and spectres

 * Michael Gambon as Albus Dumbledore.
 * Geraldine Somerville as Lily Potter.
 * Adrian Rawlins as James Potter.
 * Christian Coulson as Diary Horcrux form of Tom Riddle (as flashback)

Magical creatures

 * Toby Jones as the voice of Dobby the House-elf.
 * Simon McBurney as the voice of Kreacher.
 * Warwick Davis as Griphook.

Muggles

 * Richard Griffiths as Vernon Dursley.
 * Fiona Shaw as Petunia Dursley.
 * Harry Melling as Dudley Dursley.
 * Michelle Fairley as Mrs. Granger.
 * Ian Kelly as Mr. Granger.
 * Jeanie Gold as Coffee Customer.
 * Catherine Cordell as Muggle.
 * Natalie Hallam as Muggle.
 * Harriet Palmer as Muggle.

Animals

 * Gizmo, Ook and Sprout as Hedwig.

Staff and crew
Both parts will be written by Steve Kloves, who wrote the first, second, third, fourth, and sixth films, and directed by David Yates, who directed the previous two films. David Heyman and David Barron are producing both parts.

Academy Award-nominated cinematographer Eduardo Serra has been appointed to be the Director of Photography.

Special effects will supervised by Paul J. Franklin.

Stuart Craig will again design new sets for both films. New sets include the Malfoy Manor, the wedding marquee, the Tottenham Court Road café, Sirius's bedroom at 12 Grimmauld Place, Dolores Umbridge's Ministry office, Ministry courtroom, Shell Cottage, Godric's Hollow, Bathilda Bagshot's home, the Lovegood home, the Lestrange vault in Gringotts, Ravenclaw Tower, and possibly other new parts of Hogwarts castle.

Wedding designer Jenny Packham is designing outfits for the wedding of Bill Weasley and Fleur Delacour in the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows film.

Differences from the book

 * The movie begins with a scene with the Minister for Magic, Rufus Scrimgeour, making a speech about how times will "grow darker still" to Ministry employees.
 * The second breakout of Azkaban is omitted from the film. Instead all the escapees including Lucius Malfoy are assembled in Malfoy Manor at the beginning of the film.
 * Before Voldemort kills Charity Burbage, Draco seems to have some sympathy over her death.
 * Dudley Dursley does not express a liking for Harry as he did in the book when they Dursleys are first taken into hiding.
 * Petunia Dursley does not warn Harry of the danger he must face as she remembered the danger herself when Voldemort was active in her and her sister's time. However, a quick close-up of her reveals her to be apprehensive yet pensive.
 * Andromeda Tonks, Ted Tonks, Gornuk, Dirk Cresswell, Dedalus Diggle, and Hestia Jones were omitted in the film.
 * Due to Andromeda and Ted Tonks' omission from the film, the Order of the Phoenix arrives at The Burrow instead of their home.
 * Nether Rabastian nor Rodolphus appear in the film.
 * In the book Yaxley places Pius Thicknesse under the Imperius Curse, giving the Death Eaters control over the ministry. In the movie Pius Thicknesse is not under the curse but is a willing Death Eater. However he seems to be noticeably nervous before Voldemort.
 * No appearance nor mention of Stanley Shunpike.
 * There is a scene with Neville, Luna, and Ginny on the Hogwarts Express.
 * Voldemort does not taunt Bellatrix and Narcissa about Tonks marrying Remus Lupin.
 * A scene is added, showing Harry wanting to leave The Burrow at twilight, but is stopped by Ron.
 * Harry Potter is not disguised as "Barny Weasley" during the wedding.
 * Olympe Maxime is present in the wedding.
 * A scene is added where Hermione Granger and Harry Potter are dancing.
 * A scene is added where Hermione Granger leaves her home after modifying her parents' memories.
 * All talk of Potterwatch is omitted.
 * The scenes of the new school year at Hogwarts Castle and the re-forming of Dumbledore's Army has been omitted. The returning students' appearance was only limited to the Hogwart's express.
 * Harry does not recover Mad-Eye Moody's magical eye from Umdridge's door at the Ministry, nor does it mention that Harry learns that the magical eye is there.
 * Bill Weasley and Mundungus Fletcher introduced themselves at Privet Drive, when they and Order of the Phoenix members came to escort Harry due to their omission from the previous films.
 * David Heyman informed Mugglenet in a recent podcast that an additional scene will be added to end Part 1 and still keep intrigue so people will watch Part 2.
 * Harry and Hermione are not under the guise of Polyjuice Potion when they venture into Godric's Hollow. However, Hermione expresses her wish that they had used Polyjuice Potion. Harry says in response, "I was born here. I'm not coming back as someone else."
 * In the book, Harry was attacked by Nagini in a dark room in Bathilda Bagshot's home. In the film, Nagini breaks the wall of the room into a next door neighbour's playroom.
 * In the book, the trio surrender to the Snatchers and are taken to Malfoy Manor, but in the film, a chase scene is added.
 * In the film, the Snatchers was seemingly led by Scabior instead of the werewolf Fenrir Greyback.
 * In the film, Harry lets Hedwig fly around outside while he is alone at 4 Privet Drive. Also, Hedwig returns while Harry and Hagrid are being pursued and blocks the Killing Curse a Death Eater casts at Harry. This was done to make her death more meaningful as well as having to avoid including Stan Shunpike.
 * In the book, Harry says "Voldemort" prompting the Snatchers to show up. In the film, Xenophilius Lovegood says it in his home during Harry, Ron, and Hermione's visit with him, resulting in the chase where they are ultimately caught and taken to Malfoy Manor. The chase begins when they escape from Xenophilius and apparate next to Greyback and his Snatchers.
 * Though the taboo on Voldemort's name is obviously in effect, it is never mentioned in the film, however suggested by the Death Eaters' immediate arrival after Xenophilius says Voldemort's name.
 * Peter Pettigrew is not killed by his own hand, he is stunned by Dobby, as it would be deemed too graphic for a man to kill himself, even if it wasn't his choice.
 * In the book, Bellatrix only tortures Hermione with the Cruciatus Curse. In the film, she tortures her, bites her hard enough to bleed, and uses her knife to engrave the word "Mudblood" on her arm.
 * Harry sends Kreacher to find Mundungus Fletcher before hearing the tale of Regulus Black's death. And Kreacher returns with Dobby as well.
 * Dobby is seen more in the film than he is in the book. In the book, he only appears at Malfoy Manor to save Harry and everyone. In the film, he brings Mundungus Fletcher to Harry at 12 Grimmauld Place along with Kreacher. Dobby is still wearing his ragged dress even though he is free. Although, he is wearing a pair of shoes. He is given additional screen time due to his previous film omissions.
 * Harry and Lupin do not have a large argument.
 * Viktor Krum does not argue with Xenophilius Lovegood at the wedding. This was done because of Viktor Krum's omission in the film.
 * Remus Lupin tells Harry, Ron, and Hermione to leave when the Death Eaters attack the wedding.
 * Rufus Scrimgeour arrives to give Harry, Ron, and Hermione their bequests from Dumbledore's will the morning of the wedding.
 * There is not birthday party for Harry Potter at The Burrow. However, Hermione tearfully says that she and Ginny had planned one to have at the end of the wedding.
 * Hermione wears a red dress to the wedding as opposed to the lilac one she wears in the book.
 * When Voldemort takes Lucius Malfoy's wand, he snaps the snake's head off and throws it on the table
 * Harry and Ginny's kiss takes place in the Burrow's kitchen instead of Ginny's bedroom. George interrupts them instead of Ron bursting in on them.
 * Tonks's pregnancy has been brushed aside. It is possible that it will be explored more in Part 2 seeing as Luke Newberry has been cast as Teddy Lupin in the epilogue. Though at the beginning, Tonks is about to explain that she is pregnant before interrupted by Mad-Eye Moody.
 * While hearing Hermione tell the Tale of the Three Brothers, animation is shown while she reads the story.
 * A scene is added showing Death Eaters stopping and searching the Hogwarts Express looking for Harry.
 * When the wedding is attacked, Harry sees Ginny fighting a Death Eater and tries to run to her but is stopped by Lupin, whom tells Harry to leave.
 * Harry's disguise as Albert Runcorn wear off him quicker than Ron's or Hermione's, as he changes back into himself in the middle of his confrontation with Umbridge when he angrily says the same thing he previously said to Umbridge prior to when she was previously carried off by the centaurs in the film adaption of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
 * Cho Chang, Katie Bell and Cormac McLaggen are all seen on the Hogwarts Express, even though they should have graduated in Half Blood Prince.
 * The Goblin's Revenge is omitted from the film, and the explanation about the copy of Gryffindor's sword is an untouched subject in the film.
 * When Death Eaters arrived at Bill and Fleur's wedding, Elphias Doge approaches Harry Potter and said that he was nice to have met Harry before he disapparated.
 * In Malfoy Manor, Harry Potter and Ron Weasley duelled with Draco and Narcissa Malfoy before Bellatrix threatened to kill Hermione.
 * In Grimmauld Place, Hermione (unsuccessfully) attempts to teach Ron how to play the piano.
 * Dean Thomas was omitted.
 * The scene where Voldemort murdered the Bulgarian family is omitted, however a newspaper close-ups shows a report on a family being kill in general.
 * Voldemort does not kill Grindelwald. Also Grindelwald tells Voldemort that the Elder Wand is in Dumbledore's tomb, rather than telling him he never had it.
 * Phineas Nigellus Black was omitted.
 * There is no mention on how to destroy Horcruxes. Hermione remembers Harry stabbing the diary with a Basilisk Fang and also realises that Gryffindor's Sword, being goblin made, absorbed the venom when Harry killed the Basilisk with the sword, giving the sword this power as well.
 * In the film, Harry, Ron and Hermione apparated in Shaftesbury Avenue instead of Tottenham Court Road.
 * During the kiss between Harry and Hermione in the vision the locket creates to scare Ron into not destroying it, Harry and Hermione are topless, however due to the way they acted are probably completly naked.
 * Instead of modifying her parents memories to make them think they did not have a daughter, Hermione uses Obliviate. Though this may be due to the fact that in the she also gives them new identities as well.
 * George's "Holey" joke about losing an ear does not make Mrs. Weasley even sadder than she was. Mrs. Weasley smiles at the joke.
 * Bill is stated as to have taken a liking for "raw" steaks after his encounter with Greyback, instead of steaks that are "very rare".
 * In the film, Harry and Hermione know about Gregorovitch already, while it took a little bit more time for them to figure who he was in the book. The filmmakers probably assumed that the audience with have assumed that the duo may have learned of him in their Hogwarts studies.
 * The shard of glass in which Harry sees Aberforth's eye, though seen many times in the film is never explained, as Sirius's two-way mirror was never mentioned in this film or any previous films.
 * Dobby's death scene is longer and more dramatic in the film than in the book. In the book, he dies very shortly after arriving at Shell Cottage, only having enough life in him to mutter Harry's name one last time. In the film, he is able to talk to Harry properly, telling him that he is happy to be with his friends, and managing a weak smile before he dies.
 * There is no mention of Harry's Polyjuice Potion being gold-coloured or tasting much better than Goyle's potion. Instead, Moody warns those that haven't taken Polyjuice before that it "tastes like goblin piss."
 * The story of the fake Gryffindor's Sword and Snape's role in helping Harry and Hermione learn where the real one is hidden has been omitted, though Bellatrix Lestrange did mention about it being in her vault and Snape's Patronus did appear with no details of who created this Patronus in the first place.

Order of events in the film

 * Scrimgeour gives speech to the Ministry
 * Clips of Harry packing and the Dursleys leaving, Hermione modifying her parents memories and causing herself to disappear from the photographs, and Ron and the Weasleys preparing for the dangerous mission to get Harry.
 * The Death Eater meeting at Malfoy Manor (The Dark Lord Ascending)
 * Seven Potters
 * Scrimgeour gives bequests to the trio
 * The wedding and the ensuing attack
 * Death Eater run-in in cafe and escape to Grimmauld Place
 * Discovery of R.A.B and Dobby and Kreacher bring Mundungus to Harry.
 * Infiltration of the Ministry
 * Camping sequences and Ron's departure
 * Harry and Hermione's journey to Godric's Hollow and Nagini's attack
 * The Silver Doe and Ron's return
 * Destruction of the Locket Horcrux
 * Visit to Xeno Lovegood, and arrival of the Death Eaters
 * Disapparation and run-in with Snatchers and capture
 * Malfoy Manor scenes, rescue by Dobby
 * Dobby's death
 * Voldemort steals the Elder Wand from Dumbledore's tomb

Mistakes

 * The song playing when Harry and Hermione dance is O Children by Nick_Cave_and_the_Bad_Seeds, which wasn't released until 2004.

Behind the scenes

 * Part 1 Runtime is confirmed to be 147 minutes (2 hours and 27 minutes).