Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1

The 2010 seventh film: the trio on the run, hunting Horcruxes.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 is a 2010 fantasy film directed by David Yates from a screenplay by Steve Kloves, the first of two parts adapted from J. K. Rowling's 2007 novel. The seventh instalment in the series stars Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson, and follows Harry as he carries out Dumbledore's task of finding and destroying Voldemort's Horcruxes.

Filming ran from 19 February 2009 to 12 June 2010, and Warner Bros. released the film in 2D and IMAX on 19 November 2010.

Quick Facts

Director

David Yates

Screenplay

Steve Kloves

Based on

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, J. K. Rowling

Producer

David Heyman
David Barron
J. K. Rowling

Cinematography

Eduardo Serra

Editing

Mark Day

Music

Alexandre Desplat

Released

11 November 2010, Odeon Leicester Square, 19 November 2010, United Kingdom and United States

Facts from the source article.

Background

Snape tells Voldemort and the Death Eaters at Malfoy Manor that the Order of the Phoenix will move Harry, and the attack that follows kills Hedwig and Mad-Eye Moody. Dumbledore's bequests arrive: a Deluminator for Ron, The Tales of Beedle the Bard for Hermione and the Golden Snitch for Harry, while the Sword of Gryffindor has gone missing.

When the Ministry falls during Bill and Fleur's wedding, the trio flee to Grimmauld Place, recover Slytherin's locket from Dolores Umbridge and begin a hard journey through the countryside. Ron, worn down by the locket, leaves after a row. In Godric's Hollow Bathilda Bagshot turns out to be Nagini, and Hermione breaks Harry's wand escaping. Ron returns in the Forest of Dean to pull Harry from a frozen pond and destroy the locket with the sword.

Part 1 opened to $330 million worldwide, the highest opening of 2010, and finished with $960 million, then the tenth highest-grossing film of all time. It was nominated for the Academy Awards for Best Art Direction and Best Visual Effects.