Directed by:
Chris ColumbusScreenplay:
Steve KlovesCinematography:
Roger PrattCast:
Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Maggie Smith, Kenneth Branagh, Richard Griffiths, Alan Rickman, Richard Harris, Fiona Shaw, Robbie Coltrane (more)VOD (4)
Plots(1)
Harry Potter has not had a good summer. Not only has he had to put up with his overbearing Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon Dursley and their dread of his magical abilities, but it seems as if Harry's best friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger have forgotten him as they haven't replied to a single one of his letters. Then, suddenly and mysteriously, house-elf Dobby appears in Harry's bedroom and warns him of great danger if he should attempt to return to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. But despite the elf's mischievous efforts to thwart Harry's return to school, the ever determined Harry is rescued from the Dursley's dreary clutches by Ron and his brothers and whisked into the warmth of the Weasley household. Upon arriving at Hogwarts, Harry finds that his first year heroics have caused him to become the center of much unwanted attention. His new fans include Ron's little sister Ginny; first year would-be photographer Colin Creevey; and most irritatingly, the New Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor, Gilderoy Lockhart. Outshone only by his own vanity, Lockhart craves the attention that Harry shuns. But not even Lockhart can offer an explanation for the sinister new terror that is gripping the school. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Sean Biggerstaff](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272895_b44af4.jpg)
Sean Biggerstaff
UK
Best movies:
![Warwick Davis](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271910_494c8a.jpg)
Warwick Davis
UK
Best movies:
The Big Fat Quiz of Everything (2016) (series)
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
![David Bradley](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/438/164438978_8349b1.jpg)
David Bradley
UK
Best movies:
An Adventure in Space and Time (2013) (TV movie)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
The Hollow Crown (2012) (series)
![Adrian Rawlins](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/218/162218506_6162b0.jpg)
Adrian Rawlins
UK
Best movies:
Chernobyl (2019) (series)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
One Life (2023)
![Gemma Jones](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/297/164297961_762e54.jpg)
Gemma Jones
UK
Best movies:
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)
Sense and Sensibility (1995)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
![Shirley Henderson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270449_a99b19.jpg)
Shirley Henderson
UK
Best movies:
Trainspotting (1996)
The Way We Live Now (2001) (series)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
![Robert Hardy](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/042/871/42871820_03d947.jpg)
Robert Hardy
UK
Best movies:
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
Sense and Sensibility (1995)
The Far Pavilions (1984) (series)
![Julian Glover](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271632_2a8d48.jpg)
Julian Glover
UK
Best movies:
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Cry Freedom (1987)
Peter O'Farrell
Best movies:
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
An Awfully Big Adventure (1995)
Legend (1985)
![Toby Jones](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/579/161579732_91b29d.jpg)
Toby Jones
UK
Best movies:
Sherlock (2010) (series)
Finding Neverland (2004)
Frost/Nixon (2008)
![Geraldine Somerville](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/276/276456_39366c.jpg)
Geraldine Somerville
Ireland
Best movies:
![Harry Melling](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/596/164596649_9e21e2.jpg)
Harry Melling
UK
Best movies:
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
The Keeper (2018)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
![Bonnie Wright](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/841/163841978_5ba53e.jpg)
Bonnie Wright
UK
Best movies:
![Louis Doyle](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/278/278293_82eea4.jpg)
Louis Doyle
Best movies:
![Leslie Phillips](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/072/312/72312358_d92105.jpg)
Leslie Phillips
UK
Best movies:
The Longest Day (1962)
Out of Africa (1985)
Big Time Operators (1957)
![Jamie Waylett](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/281/281162_6875c3.jpg)
Jamie Waylett
UK
Best movies:
![Chris Rankin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/323/323014_03fad4.jpg)
Chris Rankin
New Zealand
Best movies:
![Devon Murray](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/205/163205222_0defe6.png)
Devon Murray
Ireland
Best movies:
![Josh Herdman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/316/316151_dee289.jpg)
Josh Herdman
UK
Best movies:
![Alfred Enoch](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/015/163015953_ce0e25.jpg)
Alfred Enoch
UK
Best movies:
Coriolanus (2014) (theatrical recording)
Sherlock (2010) (series)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)