In “Harry Potter at the Sorcerer’s Stone”, spectators were amazed to discover the interior of Hogwarts and its emblematic places, including that of the grand staircase. An interesting historical detail is also included!
First cinematographic part of a saga that has become over the years an absolute martingale for Warner Bros., Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone gave life for the first time to the fantasized universe of Hogwarts and its surroundings, for the greatest happiness fans of JK Rowling’s work.
Among the emblematic places discovered is the main staircase, which serves the floors of Hogwarts with its moving stairs. All around are hung hundreds of portraits, depicting the prestigious former residents of the school who distinguished themselves during their schooling.
We thus remember this little sequence where the trio Ron, Ermione and Harry took this moving staircase, which is here again, below…
At the very beginning of this plan, on the right, there is a portrait that probably won’t appeal to many people, unless you know history… And have good eyes, even if the exercise is easier with the possibility of see the saga in 4K, so a much higher definition.
Here is the table in question:
This portrait is actually that of Anne Boleyn. Second wife of King Henry VIII of England and queen consort from 1533 to 1536, she was accused of adultery, incest and high treason, and was executed by beheading on May 19, 1536 in the sinister Tower of London. It is now accepted that these accusations were unfounded, at least a large part of them (21 counts in total!).
If her portrait appears here at Hogwarts, it is because she was also accused by mob justice – a classic of the time – of having engaged in witchcraft and therefore of having been a witch, even if this aspect was not included in the charges brought against her. A historical figure with an absolutely tragic destiny, Anne Boleyn has been mentioned several times in the cinema, notably the classic The Private Life of Henry VIII, or in the film Two Sisters for a King, in which Natalie Portman lends her features to the unfortunate.