Poster for the movie Harry Potter: A History Of Magic

Harry Potter: A History Of Magic

2017 • 59 minutes
Documentary

A thrilling journey through legends, belief and folklore, this film goes behind the scenes with the British Library as they search to tell that story through objects in their collection, in an ambitious new exhibition: Harry Potter: A History Of Magic. J.K. Rowling, who is lending unseen manuscripts, drawings and drafts from her private archives (which will sit alongside treasures from the British Library, as well as original drafts and drawings from Jim Kay) talks about some of the personal items she has lent to the exhibition and gives new insight into her writing, looking at some of the objects from the exhibition that have fired her imagination.

Picture of Imelda Staunton

Imelda Staunton

Narrator

Picture of J.K. Rowling

J.K. Rowling

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Picture of David Thewlis

David Thewlis

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Picture of Warwick Davis

Warwick Davis

Himself

Picture of Evanna Lynch

Evanna Lynch

Herself

Picture of Mark Williams

Mark Williams

Himself

Picture of Miriam Margolyes

Miriam Margolyes

Herself