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In his haste, Harry picks some of the candy up, but they start jumping around and biting his hand. He stumbles and hits a hidden floor switch, revealing the Pensieve, toward which Harry steps toward carefully and cautiously. He suddenly falls into the depths of the Pensieve after staring into the mist and falls into a courtroom, where he learns that Igor Karkaroff used to be a Death Eater and that Crouch Snr used to have a son by the same name. Harry suddenly recalls that Crouch's son looked very much like the unknown man in his dream. When he informs Dumbledore of this recollection, Dumbledore urges him to put it out of his mind for now.


The third task consists of a maze, and the champions only need to find the Triwizard Cup in the centre, which has been placed there by Alastor Moody. The maze is later seen to be enchanted and blows gusts of wind every so often to disorient the champions. During the maze challenge, Krum stuns Fleur and attempts to do the same to Cedric, but is stunned when the latter uses the Disarming Charm against him. Harry stops Cedric from attacking Krum further and runs off, before noticing the cup. They run towards it, but Cedric is caught by roots and nearly engulfed by them, but Harry saves him. The two grab the cup themselves but are teleported to the graveyard of Little Hangleton. where Harry recalls his dreams of being in that place, but before he can explain further, Wormtail and Lord Voldemort arrive, causing Harry to clutch his scar in pain. Seeing the danger, Harry desperately tells Cedric to go back to the cup, but a cauldron standing between them activates, making Harry suffer pain in his scar even more. Cedric is killed by Wormtail and Harry is pinned to a statue of the angel of death.

Wormtail drops Voldemort into the potion, puts a bone of his father into it, cuts off his hand, and draws blood from Harry. The additions revive Voldemort. When Voldemort is fully revived, he summons the Death Eaters to the graveyard and fits Wormtail with a new hand. Voldemort admonishes them for leaving him and then spots Harry and explains to the Death Eaters about how Harry survived while he (Voldemort) was rendered powerless and disembodied, then touches Harry's scar, causing pain to Harry. Voldemort then frees Harry and forces him to a duel. As they duel, their spell cause the effect of Priori Incantatem. The spirits of people killed by Voldemort's wand, Harry's parents, Cedric and Frank Bryce, exit out of Voldemort's wand and watch the two fight. Harry's father tells him that as soon as the connection is broken, they shall create a diversion to hold Voldemort and the Death Eaters for a few seconds so Harry can get back to the cup. Cedric asks him to bring his body back. Harry does not break contact until his mother orders him to do so. The spirits create the said diversion, giving Harry enough time to get to Cedric's body and summon the Triwizard Cup with the Accio spell and then teleport to Hogwarts. Voldemort roars with fury when his plan fails.

Upon Harry's arrival at Hogwarts, the entire community and the the two other schools express horror when they see Cedric's corpse and hear Harry's testimony that Voldemort has returned. Moody secretly takes Harry away from the maze and into his office, where he reveals himself to be behind all the events of the year; it was he who put Harry's name in the Goblet, suggested that Hagrid take Harry into the woods to see the dragons, informed Cedric how to discover the clue in the Golden egg, gave Neville Longbottom the book about Gillyweed, bewitched Viktor in the maze, and made the Triwizard Cup a Portkey.

Dumbledore, realising that the real Moody would not get Harry away from him, forcibly breaks into his office with Snape and McGonagall, and disarms him. After Snape forces Veritaserum upon Moody, the latter indicates a magical trunk where the professors and Harry discover the real Moody. The Polyjuice Potion wears off and the impostor is revealed to be Bartemius Crouch Jr, who impersonated Moody to access Hogwarts, arranged events to ensure Harry made it to the third task, and also stole from Snape's stores. The professors and Harry leave the room and Snape stays to guard Bartemius, his wand pointed at the latter's face; Bartemius makes a final snake-like flick of his tongue, his trademark move.



Main Cast Members

Actor Role
Daniel Radcliffe Harry Potter
Rupert Grint Ron Weasley
Emma Watson Hermione Granger
Michael Gambon Albus Dumbledore
Maggie Smith Minerva McGonagall
Alan Rickman Severus Snape
Robbie Coltrane Rubeus Hagrid
Brendan Gleeson Alastor Moody
Warwick Davis Filius Flitwick
David Bradley Argus Filch
Paul Bannon Wizard teacher
Shirley Henderson Moaning Myrtle
Gary Oldman Sirius Black
Mark Williams Arthur Weasley
Ralph Fiennes Lord Voldemort
Timothy Spall Peter Pettigrew
David Tennant Barty Crouch Jr.
Jason Isaacs Lucius Malfoy
Ashley Artus Walden Macnair
Paschal Friel Nott
Philip Rham Crabbe
Richard Rosson Avery
Alex Palmer Goyle[2]
Olivia Higginbottom Unidentified Female Death Eater
Paul Davies Death Eater (uncredited)
Michael Kilgarriff Death Eater (voice, uncredited)
Tiana Benjamin Angelina Johnson
Alfie Enoch Dean Thomas
James Phelps Fred Weasley
Oliver Phelps George Weasley
Bonnie Wright Ginny Weasley
Sara Bispham Gryffindor Girl (uncredited)[3]
Mona Khalili Gryffindor Girl (uncredited)
Melanie Bright Gryffindor Student (uncredited)
Daniel Larner Gryffindor Student (uncredited)
Matthew Lewis Neville Longbottom
William Melling Nigel Wolpert
Shefali Chowdhury Parvati Patil
Devon Murray Seamus Finnigan
Jade Persaud-Walters Gryffindor Student (uncredited)
Jamal Hue-Bonner Gryffindor Student (uncredited)
Robert Pattinson Cedric Diggory
Louis Doyle Ernie Macmillan
Charlotte Skeoch Hannah Abbott
Siobhan Ellen Williams Hufflepuff Girl (Uncredited)
Jack Bagley Stebbins (Scenes deleted and uncredited)
Katie Leung Cho Chang
Afshan Azad Padma Patil
Joel Babbington Ravenclaw Student (Uncredited)[6]
Henry Lloyd-Hughes Roger Davies
Lilian France S. Fawcett (Scenes deleted and uncredited)
Tom Felton Draco Malfoy
Josh Herdman Gregory Goyle
Jamie Waylett Vincent Crabbe
Emily Grace Slytherin Girl (Uncredited)[7]
Sarah Harrison Schoolgirl
Lucy Elworthy School Girl
Jake Addley School Boy
Carly Houston Student
Sophie Lamont Schoolchild
Christina Cuttell School Girl
Kelsey Gallacher Schoolchild
Joanne Sandi Student
Katie Dorrington Hogwarts student
Kaya Lockiby-Belgrave Hogwarts student (Uncredited)
Hannah Cornish student
Frances de la Tour Olympe Maxime
Ian Whyte Olympe Maxime (full-body shots)
Clémence Poésy Fleur Delacour
Angelica Mandy Gabrielle Delacour
Predrag Bjelac Igor Karkaroff (Credited|"Predja Bjelac")
Tolga Safer Igor Karkaroff's aide
Stanislav Ianevski Viktor Krum
Robert Hardy Cornelius Fudge
Roger Lloyd-Pack Barty Crouch Sr.
Jeff Rawle Amos Diggory
Alan Watts Assistant Judge
Campbell Graham Unidentified Ministry Wizard (I)
Liam McKenna Ministry Wizard[9]
Christopher Whittingham Ministry Wizard
David Sterne Minstry Wizard[10]
Flip Webster Minstry Witch[11]
Anne Lacy Minstry Witch[12]
Su Elliot Minstry Witch[13]
Sheila Allen Minstry Witch[14]
Amelia Parillon-Samuel Dancer and other roles
Steve Mackey Donaghan Tremlett
Margery Mason Food trolley lady
Tom Verrchia Gabrielle Delacour's Yule Ball dance partner
Steven Claydon Gideon Crumb
Caroline Rovina Gregory Goyle's Yule Ball dance partner
Jason Buckle Heathcote Barbary
Jonny Greenwood Kirley Duke
Jarvis Cocker Myron Wagtail
Phil Selway Orsino Thruston
Miranda Richardson Rita Skeeter
Phil Mulryne Troy
Lisa Osmond Quidditch Supporter/Death Eater Victim
Alex Argenti Igor Karkaroff's Yule Ball partner
Dominic Rowntree Supporting Artist
Ann Ogden Dancer
Michael Salami Dancer (Uncredited)
Lia Alu Witch
Amie Kirby Dancer
Sam Morris Marcus Turner
Luke Harrison  Quidditch Player
Cheri Darbon  Irish Quidditch Fan
Adrian Rawlins James Potter
Geraldine Somerville Lily Potter
Eric Sykes Frank Bryce
Gizmo, Ook, and Sprout Hedwig
Crackerjack Crookshanks
Maximus, Alanis and Cornilus Mrs Norris
Oreo Crow
Robert Wilfort Bozo

Unidentified Cast Members

Actor Role
Unknown Actress Murcus
Unknown Owl Sirius Black's owl
Unknown Dog Fang
Unidentified Actress Female Hogwarts teacher
Unidentified Actress Healer
Unknown Actress Eloise Midgeon (uncredited)
Unknown Actor Ivan Volkov
Unknown Actor Lev Zograf
Unknown Actress Moran
Unknown Actor Mullet
Unknown Actor Pyotr Vulchanov
Unknown Actor Quigley
Unknown Actor Vasily Dimitrov
Unknown Actor Aidan Lynch
Unknown Actor Alexei Levski
Unknown Actor Barry Ryan
Unknown Actress Clara Ivanova
Unknown Actor Connolly
Unknown Actor Sonny Ward student

Non-Notable Cast Members

Actor Role
Alex Brock[15] Extra
Jenny Crosdale[16]
Xorael Harrison[17]
Liam Darbon
Luke Robertson
Jack Coleby
Leon Garner
Tom Cox
Laura Bryan
Kyle Cluett
Greg Moore
Aston Scott
Frankie Chilakalaka Party Guest

Differences from the book

Chapter 1. The Riddle House


Chapter 2. The Scar

  • Due to timing changes, Harry is awakened by his hurting scar in the Burrow and finds Hermione looking at him, rather than Mrs Weasley waking them up. The dialogue from Hermione also indicates that she is waking them up for the trek to the Portkey that will take them to the Quidditch World Cup, thus Harry does not have a chance to write a letter to Sirius about the dream he had. He writes after the World Cup, while on the Hogwarts Express, at Hermione's insistence.
  • Instead of waking up in the Dursley's house after his dream as in the novel, Harry instead wakes up at the Burrow.

Chapter 3. The Invitation

  • As the Dursleys are omitted, the invitation from Molly Weasley with all the stamps shown in the chapter illustration is unseen in the film.

Chapter 4. Back to the Burrow


Chapter 5. Weasley's Wizarding Wheezes

Chapter 6. The Portkey

  • Additionally, the film seems to suggest that the entire outing is a surprise by Arthur and that nobody actually knows where they are going, since Ron asks "Dad, where are we going?", to which Arthur casually replies, "Haven't the foggiest... Keep up!"
  • The film portrays Amos Diggory in a different manner to that of the book. In the film, he is portrayed as a nice man with an affable personality and does not boast about Cedric in any way. This was likely done because Cedric was not introduced in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film), and to create sympathy towards Amos as a character at the film's conclusion.

Chapter 7. Bagman and Crouch

  • The entire role of Ludo Bagman was removed from the film. As a result, every scene throughout the film which involved him is removed from the film. This means that Fred and George's bet is not included.
  • Also, due to Bagman not being in the movie, the commentary of the World Cup is done by Cornelius Fudge and Barty Crouch Snr takes upon the role of judging in all tasks of the Triwizard Tournament.
    • Due to the change in personality, the backstory of Crouch Snr being a former Minister for Magic candidate was left out of the film entirely.
  • There is no scene in the film before the World Cup match involving the party meeting Crouch Snr.

Chapter 8. The Quidditch World Cup

  • The film only shows the teams entering the pitch and Fudge starting the match, with just a vague reference in the following scenes as to who "won" the match (specifically, Fred and George initially assuming the loud commotion caused by the Death Eaters outside was the Irish celebrating their pride before Arthur Weasley bursts in and states they need to leave immediately while correcting them that the Irish aren't responsible for the commotion.).
  • Narcissa Malfoy does not appear in the film.
  • The scene in which the Death Eaters attack the camp is slightly different:
    • In the film, the family is already awake and dancing around the tent, while in the book, they are all asleep until Arthur Weasley goes and wakes them up.
    • It was originally filmed with Arthur needing to go and wake people up.

Chapter 9. The Dark Mark

  • In the book, Harry, Ron, and Hermione are separated from the others in the woods. In the film, Harry is separated from the others when he is knocked unconscious by other spectators and wakes after the attack appears to have stopped.
  • Winky does not exist anywhere in the film.
  • Harry does not lose his wand in the film. Instead, Crouch Jr already appears in possession of a wand, which he would need to have stolen from someone at some point before he cast Morsmordre.
  • In the film, the spell was cast after the attack on the camp site to signify murder, rather than being used to scare away the Death Eaters for disloyalty to Lord Voldemort, as in the book.
  • Instead of his identity being hidden from the viewer until the very end, Crouch Jr just seems to turn up randomly in the wrecked camp area to cast Morsmordre.
  • The film omits the woods scenes entirely.
  • Harry tells Crouch Sr about the unknown man who cast the spell in the film, rather than Hermione, as she does in the book.

Chapter 10. Mayhem at the Ministry


Chapter 11. Aboard the Hogwarts Express

  • Ron attempts to purchase a packet of Drooble's Best Blowing Gum and a Liquorice Wand, but only has enough for the Drooble's.

Chapter 12. The Triwizard Tournament

  • There is no scene with Peeves throwing water balloons at the arriving students as they enter the Great Hall, as Peeves is not featured in the films.
  • In the books, the students of Hogwarts always change into their robes on the train, but in the film, the students are still wearing normal Muggle attire when the delegation of students from Beauxbatons and Durmstrang arrive, which oddly occurs on the first day of school in the movie, rather than at the Hallowe'en Feast.
  • The composite, movie only, character Nigel Wolpert replaces the characters Colin and Dennis Creevey, who were written out of the films.
  • Padma Patil is erroneously depicted as being a Gryffindor student in the films, when she is actually a Ravenclaw student in the book. Additionally, she and Parvati are fraternal twins whereas they're identical in the book.
  • Filius Flitwick sits next to Hagrid in the film, rather than next to Pomona Sprout (whose only appearances in the film series are the second and eighth films. (This also includes a scene in which Hagrid stabs Flitwick's hand by accident with a fork)
  • The character of Nearly Headless Nick is written out of the film for the second time.
  • In the book, Mad-Eye Moody enters the Great Hall through the doors (it's not said if it's the main entrance or the doors at the back); in the film, he enters definitely through the door at the back. The movies, and later the video games, make this back room the Trophy Room, so he could not have possibly entered the school through this route, although it's possible that he used the Floo Network or broke into the school. Additionally, his presence is only known to all people in the school when he casts a spell into the Enchanted Ceiling to calm it down from a storm, rather than the doors flying open and everyone turning to look.

Chapter 13. Mad-Eye Moody

  • The scene where Draco Malfoy is transfigured into a ferret is slightly altered in the film. In the book it takes place indoors whereas in the film, it takes place outdoors in the transfiguration Courtyard. In the book, Draco harasses Ron about an article in the Daily Prophet about his father, and Harry replies by asking Draco if his mother wears a contemptible expression when he's around. In the film, Draco harasses Harry about a bet his father and he have made about how long he'll last in the tournament, to which Harry responds by telling Draco, "I don't give a damn what your father thinks, he's vile and cruel and you're just pathetic!" In both cases, it ends with Draco trying to curse Harry only to be transfigured by Moody.

Chapter 14. The Unforgivable Curses

  • In the book, when Moody asks Hermione about the last curse, she very quietly replies in fear. In the film, she's unwilling to even say what the curse is.

Chapter 15. Beauxbatons and Durmstrang

  • There is no reference made to Fleur Delacour being a part-Veela in the film, though all the students from Beauxbatons are shown to be very attractive. Additionally, the film also depicts the Beauxbatons students being a happy group rather than sullen and unhappy, even depicting the Beuaxbatons giving suggestive sighs during their entrance.

Chapter 16. The Goblet of Fire


Chapter 17. The Four Champions

  • Dumbledore's reaction to Harry's name exiting the Goblet is completely different. In the book, he remains calm and passively asks Harry whether he put his name into the Goblet. In the film, he acts much more angrily towards Harry, running down into the Trophy Room with some of the other teachers, and even pushing him into a bunch of trophies in the room to demand an answer from Harry about the name. This particular difference has come under scrutiny and heavy criticism from fans of the book, to the point of becoming a meme and the subject of merciless ridicule. There has even been a fan-made gif in response of Richard Harris Dumbledore calmly asking Harry as he does in the book proper that has been well-received.

Chapter 18. The Weighing of the Wands

  • Harry and Draco's attempted attacks on each other with the spells Furnunculus and Densaugeo, respectively, are omitted.

Chapter 19. The Hungarian Horntail

  • Hermione struggles to deliver a message to Harry from Ron due to the length, barely saying it the first time, and ultimately cuts to the chase the second time after Harry expressed confusion from the lengthy message, and also gets angry when Harry attempts to have her relay a message to Ron that she's not an owl. This was not from the book.

Chapter 20. The First Task

  • The scene in which Ron and Harry make up takes place in the celebration party at the Common Room, rather than outside in the Grounds. Also, while Harry instantly forgives Ron in the book he doesn't seem ready to immediately in the film.

Chapter 21. The House-Elf Libertation Front


Chapter 22. The Unexpected Task


Chapter 23. The Yule Ball

  • Draco Malfoy is briefly seen with an unidentified Beauxbatons girl due to Pansy Parkinson being written out of the film.
  • Hermione's hair is not in a neat bun and her dress is pink, rather than periwinkle blue. This caused a ridiculous amount of fan backlash claiming wearing pink is uncharacteristic of her.
  • Ron complaints that he "smells" and "looks" like his great aunt Tessie in the film, but there is no such reference in the book.
    • As such Mr Crouch attends the Yule Ball in the film adaptation, unlike the book.
    • The scene where Snape and Karkaroff secretly meet regarding the Dark Mark and Harry witnessing it secretly was part of the deleted scenes, although only Harry bore witness to it. Snape also ends up busting two students who decided to become amorous to each other in one of the coaches (the same one that Harry was hiding behind) and docks points from Hufflepuff as a result in this scene.

Chapter 24. Rita Skeeter's Scoop

  • A continuity error develops in the succeeding film due to the removal of Wilhelmina Grubbly-Plank from this film. In the book she took over Hagrid's teaching duties while Hagrid was hiding in his cabin out of fear after Rita Skeeter's article about Hagrid was released to the public.

Chapter 25. The Egg and the Eye

  • Harry hiding under the Cloak to avoid Snape never happens in the final cut but was filmed.

Chapter 26. The Second Task

  • The champions jump into the lake from platforms built out in the middle of the Black Lake, instead of entering the lake from the shoreline. This was to make this scene look more interesting.
  • Crouch Snr is erroneously depicted as being a judge of the Second Task and is also shown congratulating Harry for his efforts. These changes are due to the removal of Percy and Ludo Bagman from the film. Largely because of this, Crouch Snr has a heart-to-heart talk with Harry about lost loved ones and how life goes on, something that Crouch Snr not only didn't do in the book, but also would have been uncharacteristic of him to do.
    • Crouch Snr also has a brief encounter with Mad-Eye Moody where the latter alludes to an incident at the Department of Mysteries where one of the new recruits never came out, before making a certain facial gesture that was all too familiar to Bartemius Crouch Snr (see below) and causes Crouch Snr to become spooked.

Chapter 27. Padfoot Returns

  • Due to Sirius Black not returning to the castle in the film, the secret meeting the trio had with him in a Cave near Hogsmeade where they learned about Barty Crouch Snr's background and his son was removed, although a similar scene was used in place of the film where Sirius Black contacts Harry via the fireplace and has him alluding to Barty Crouch Snr's sentencing of his son.

Chapter 28. The Madness of Mr Crouch

  • Crouch Snr's death is portrayed a little differently in the film. Instead of being killed simply for escaping and to be prevented from warning Dumbledore, he is killed by Moody (actually Crouch Jr in disguise) to hide the fact that Crouch Snr had discovered who Moody actually was. Additionally, his body is found by Harry while hiking with Ron, Hermione and Hagrid, rather than being eradicated and transfigured into a bone to cover up his death.

Chapter 29. The Dream


Chapter 30. The Pensieve

  • In the film, Harry stumbles upon the Pensieve by accident due to being bitten at by various Licorice Snaps (which Dumbledore had earlier warned about by stating they were "a wee bit sharp").
  • The Dementors are not seen taking away anyone from the court room.
  • The Pensieve memory scenes are altered significantly in the film:
    • Moody has his magical eye, with his implying that Evan Rosier took his original eye in the duel that resulted in his death, while in the book, it was his nose that got destroyed by Rosier before his death.
    • Karkaroff "grasses up" Crouch Jr for having tortured Alice and Frank Longbottom, and Crouch Jr does not make any effort to deny the accusations, even openly showcasing his proudness for doing it as well as sarcastically "greeting" his father upon being caught.
      • Karkaroff also initially shocks the present audience when divulging the name, before clarifying that he meant his son.
    • Harry only sees the trial involving Karkaroff.
  • Dumbledore and Harry's discussion of what Harry saw in the Pensieve and his dreams is for unknown reasons cut short and Dumbledore leaves Harry with an uncharacteristic resolution (to "cast them away") instead of explaining about the dreams being a result of Voldemort cursing him with his scar and also wishing him luck on the final challenge.
    • Largely because of the aforementioned dreams explicitly including Barty Crouch Jr in the films when he was absent in the books, Harry also proceeds to explain to Dumbledore Crouch's presence in the dreams, with it being implied that Dumbledore has an eureka moment regarding figuring out what had actually happened regarding the Triwizard Cup as a result.

Chapter 31. The Third Task

  • Largely due to the aforementioned moving of Karkaroff's interaction with Snape over their reappearing Dark Mark tattoos, Harry instead stumbles upon them in the storehouse of Snape's potions classroom. Also because of this, Snape's threat to Harry about slipping veritaserum into his pumpkin juice should he try to steal any more ingredients for Polyjuice potion and/or gillyweed was moved to this instance, when originally, it occurred much earlier while Harry was in the classroom.
  • Amos Diggory is fleetingly shown attending the final task with Arthur Weasley, which is due to Bill and Molly Weasley not being in the film.
  • There is practically no argument over who should take the Cup, as both grab it before the Maze swallows them up (although it is unknown if they would have been okay or not if they'd let the Maze swallow them up).

Chapter 32. Flesh, Blood and Bone

  • In the novel, Wormtail tied Harry to Tom Riddle Snr's gravestone so tightly and gagged him that he could neither move nor speak. In the film, Wormtail levitated Harry high above the tombstone (which has a statue of the angel of death) and had the statue hold Harry with a neck-lock via the scythe, and left just enough room for Harry for him to scream.

Chapter 33. The Death Eaters

  • In the book, when Voldemort forces Wormtail to expose his Death Eater tattoo arm to summon the Death Eaters, Wormtail proceeds to beg Voldemort not to do so before screaming in agony over Voldemort jabbing his wand onto the tattoo. The movie has Wormtail being silent throughout the entire sequence, although he nonetheless expressed non-verbal terror when realising what Voldemort was intended to do.
  • Voldemort torturing Avery was removed from the final cut of the film.
  • A large part of the "history" lesson provided by Voldemort is omitted in the final cut of the film (some of it may be in the unreleased scenes) though he does explain a small portion of what happened to him after he notices Harry.
  • Additionally, he touches Cedric's face with his foot to which Harry yells "GET AWAY FROM HIM!!" causing Voldemort to notice him.

Chapter 34. Priori Incantatem

  • There are a few changes in the duel between Harry and Voldemort that follow Voldemort's rebirth. In the film adaptation, Bertha Jorkins doesn't appear with the echo of James and Lily Potter, Cedric Diggory, and Frank Bryce when Harry's wand and Voldemort's connected, despite being the victim he used to convert Nagini into a living Horcrux. Bertha Jorkins's story was omitted altogether from the film, due to timing reasons.
  • In the novel, the echo of Frank Bryce voices to Harry his shock that he was killed by a wizard and tells Harry to stand his ground, but doesn't say anything in the film.

Chapter 35. Veritaserum

  • When Harry returns to Hogwarts with Cedric's body, he begins crying over Cedric instead of being unable to cry like in the book.
  • Harry learns about Moody being responsible for putting Harry's name in the Goblet of Fire after he drops large hints about certain events that occurred throughout the film as well as Moody being privy to key details about Voldemort's revival that he should not have any knowledge about due to Harry never mentioning it (specifically, his asking about whether the other Death Eaters made it to the graveyard), rather than being told directly by Moody that he had been responsible.
    • On a similar note, Harry in the film does not learn that the "Moody" that was at Hogwarts had been an imposter until after Dumbledore opens up the seventh chest compartment and finds him inside, while in the book, Harry learns from Dumbledore directly that the "Moody" at Hogwarts had in fact been an imposter while Harry lamented Moody's treacherous nature, citing that the real Moody would never have taken Harry away from the field without Dumbledore's permission.
    • Moreover, in the movie Dumbledore doesn't notice that "Moody" took Harry away from the field. However, Fred and George were looking at "Moody" when he was walking away with Harry. This is very likely that they informed Dumbledore about it and it caused him to become suspicious.
  • The imposter Moody changes back to Barty Crouch Jr as a result of running out of Polyjuice Potion, rather than never getting the chance to take the potion before being disarmed.
    • Likewise, how they deduced it was Polyjuice Potion he was using to pose as Moody was different: In the book, Dumbledore and Snape open the flask and dump the contents out and confirm what was inside the container. In the film, Snape, after Harry expresses confusion as to who was sitting behind them upon seeing Moody imprisoned inside his own container, briefly opens the flask and smells it before deducing its contents from its smell.
  • Moody's interrogation is nearly non-existent in the film. Instead of having the disguise wear off and being forced to take Veritaserum and reveal how he got there, he is given the potion while in disguise and only asked three questions regarding his identity and the real Moody.
    • Additionally, Dumbledore asks McGonagall to inform Azkaban that a prisoner is missing, but he already knows that Crouch Jr was not there due to Harry's dream.

Chapter 36. The Parting of the Ways

    • Since the Hospital Wing scene was omitted, in which Fudge is claimed to have performed the Dementor's Kiss and was doubting the story purported by Dumbledore and Harry, it creates a strange consistency error in the next film that just makes it seem like Fudge wanted to create a random smear campaign against Harry, even though he had not been told that Voldemort had returned at any point, yet he seemed to already know this during Harry's later hearing. However, the only hint of the Ministry wishing to cover up the truth was mentioned during Dumbledore's memorial speech for Cedric.

Chapter 37. The Beginning

  • Rita Skeeter's beetle form was omitted.
  • Hermione does not kiss Harry on the cheek before he leaves. 

Character omissions


  1. The Riddle House
  2. The Portkey
  3. The Quidditch World Cup
  4. The Dark Mark
  5. The Triwizard Tournament
  6. The Goblet of Fire
  7. The Unforgivable Curses
  8. The Four Champions
  9. Let Events Unfold
  10. Rita Skeeter
  11. Sirius Conversation
  12. The Hungarian Horntail
  13. Transforming Malfoy
  14. The First Task
  15. Best Foot Forward
  16. An Unexpected Challenge
  17. The Yule Ball
  18. The Egg's Clue
  19. The Second Task
  20. Never Whole Again
  21. The Pensieve
  22. Dreams and Suspicions
  23. The Third Task
  24. Flesh, Blood, and Bone
  25. The Death Eaters
  26. Priori Incantatem
  27. Veritaserum
  28. Parting Ways
  29. End Credits



Behind the scenes


No dragons were harmed in the making of this film

  • First appearance of Honeydukes Express lady since Philosopher's Stone.
  • The underwater scenes were shot in a huge purpose-built tank with a blue-screen background. Safety divers swam in between takes with scuba regulators to allow the actors to breathe without having to surface. Daniel Radcliffe alone logged around 41 hours 38 minutes underwater during the course of filming. At one point during training he inadvertently signalled that he was drowning, sending the crew into a huge panic to bring him back up to surface.
  • At least one full-scale dragon was constructed on set, which could even blow real fire. The dragon was created partially from the basilisk puppet seen in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002).
  • The elves Dobby and Winky were cut due to time constraints. However, if you watch carefully in the first campsite scene, right after Ginny points to something and says “Look!” you can see two House Elves riding on llamas. They go by very fast, so they’re hard to see.
  • The books that form Dumbledore’s library are actually phone directory books, disguised.
  • Daniel Radcliffe suffered two ear infections following the underwater filming.
  • Scottish band Franz Ferdinand was the first choice to perform as the Weird Sisters but they declined. Due to the similarities in name, the Canadian band Wyrd Sisters attempted to stop the film’s release in Canada by filing a lawsuit, but were unsuccessful.

Home video release dates

  • 7 March, 2006: Canada, United States
  • 17 March, 2006: Singapore, Thailand
  • 20 March, 2006: United Kingdom
  • 23 March, 2006: Egypt
  • 25 March, 2006: Iceland
  • 27 March, 2006: Greece, Russia
  • 29 March, 2006: Australia, Finland
  • 31 March, 2006: South Africa
  • 3 April, 2006: Czech Republic, Holland, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Korea, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Taiwan, Turkey (VHS also available in New Zealand)[18]
  • 21 April, 2006: Japan
  • 14 June, 2006: Belgium

Box office performance



Official posters

External links

Notes and references

J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series
Philosopher's Stone book film game film soundtrack game soundtrack
Chamber of Secrets book film game film soundtrack game soundtrack
Prisoner of Azkaban book film game film soundtrack game soundtrack
Goblet of Fire book film game film soundtrack game soundtrack
Order of the Phoenix book film game film soundtrack game soundtrack
Half-Blood Prince book film game film soundtrack game soundtrack
film 2 game 2 film soundtrack 2 game soundtrack 2
Cursed Child script play
Fantastic Beasts (film series)
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them book screenplay film soundtrack game
The Crimes of Grindelwald screenplay film soundtrack
Fantastic Beasts 3 film
Fantastic Beasts 4 film
Fantastic Beasts 5 film
Other written works Other games
The Tales of Beedle the Bard Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup
Harry Potter Prequel Harry Potter: Find Scabbers
Pottermore Presents Harry Potter: Spells
LEGO Harry Potter: Building the Magical World LEGO Dimensions
LEGO Harry Potter: Characters of the Magical World Motorbike Escape
J. K. Rowling: A Bibliography Harry Potter for Kinect
Harry Potter Film Wizardry Fantastic Beasts: Cases from the Wizarding World
Other canon Other films / documentaries
J. K. Rowling's official site Harry Potter and Me
Pottermore The Queen's Handbag
The Making of Harry Potter Harry Potter: Beyond the Page
The Wizarding World of Harry Potter The Tale of the Three Brothers
IndividualsPlacesCreaturesTranslations - Cover arts


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