Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory (1971) - Credits and Details

Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory Credits and Details

Directed by
	Mel Stuart
Written by
	Roald Dahl	...	screenplay by / based on his book "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"
	Robert Kaufman	...	comedy scenes
	David Seltzer	...	contributing writer
Cast
	Gene Wilder	...	Willy Wonka
	Jack Albertson	...	Grandpa Joe
	Peter Ostrum	...	Charlie Bucket
	Roy Kinnear	...	Mr. Salt
	Julie Dawn Cole	...	Veruca Salt
	Leonard Stone	...	Mr. Beauregarde
	Denise Nickerson	...	Violet Beauregarde
	Nora Denney	...	Mrs. Teevee (as Dodo Denney)
	Paris Themmen	...	Mike Teevee
	Ursula Reit	...	Mrs. Gloop
	Michael Bollner	...	Augustus Gloop
	Diana Sowle	...	Mrs. Bucket
	Aubrey Woods	...	Bill
	David Battley	...	Mr. Turkentine
	Günter Meisner	...	Mr. Slugworth (as Gunter Meisner)
	Peter Capell	...	The Tinker
	Werner Heyking	...	Mr. Jopeck
	Peter Stuart	...	Winkelmann
Uncredited Cast
	Dora Altmann	...	Grandma Georgina
	Victor Beaumont	...	Doctor
	Rudy Borgstaller	...	Oompa Loompa
	Martin Bormann	...	Fifth Ticket Fraud (archive footage)
	Tim Brooke-Taylor	...	Computer Operator
	George Claydon	...	Oompa Loompa
	Pat Coombs	...	Henrietta Salt
	Frank Delfino	...	British Announcer
	Malcolm Dixon	...	Oompa Loompa
	Stephen Dunne	...	Stanley Kael - Second Newscaster
	Walker Edmiston	...	Mr. Slugworth (voice)
	Michael Gahr	...	Reporter in Germany
	Rusty Goffe	...	Oompa Loompa
	Michael Goodliffe	...	Mr. Teavee
	Kurt Großkurth	...	Mr. Gloop
	Shin Hamano	...	Japanese Candy Store Owner
	Ismed Hassan	...	Oompa Loompa
	Jack Latham	...	First Newscaster
	Franziska Liebing	...	Grandma Josephine
	Gloria Manon	...	Mrs. Curtis
	Norman McGlen	...	Oompa Loompa
	Angelo Muscat	...	Oompa Loompa
	Ed Peck	...	FBI Agent
	Pepi Poupee	...	Oompa Loompa
	Marcus Powell	...	Oompa Loompa
	Tony Randall	...	Spanish Announcer
	Bob Roe	...	Peter Goff
	Harriet Rosalind	...	Mrs. Beauregarde
	Peter Sallis	...	Man in Street
	Madeline Stuart	...	Madeline Durkin
	Albert Wilkinson	...	Oompa Loompa
	Ernst Ziegler	...	Grandpa George
Produced by
	Stan Margulies	...	producer
	David L. Wolper	...	producer
Special Effects by
	Logan Frazee	...	special effects
	Johnny Borgese	...	special effects
	Terry Schubert	...	special effects technician
Visual Effects by
	Jim Danforth	...	model animator: Wonkavator / optical effects
	Richard Kuhn	...	optical effects
	Dennis Muren	...	effects assistant
	Albert Whitlock	...	optical effects

Additional Info
Premiere:	June 30, 1971
DVD Release:	October 22, 1996
Blu-ray Release:	October 06, 2009
Countries:
Distributor:	Warner Brother Studios
Websites:

Ratings
7.0 / 10	7.8 / 10	67 / 100

Production Companies
Wolper Pictures (A Wolper Pictures, Ltd. Presentation)

Distributors
Paramount Pictures (1971) (United States) (Paramount, A Gulf+Western Company) (theatrical)
National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1974) (United States) (TV)
Warner Bros. (1984) (United States) (re-release) (theatrical)
Warner Home Video (1984) (United States) (VHS)
Warner Home Video (1986) (United States) (VHS)
Disney Channel (1988) (United States) (The Disney Channel) (TV)
CBS (1991) (United States) (TV)
Warner Home Video (1991) (United States) (VHS)
American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1994) (United States) (TV)
Warner Bros. (1996) (United States) (re-release) (theatrical)
Warner Bros. Entertainment (1996) (United States)
Warner Bros. Family Entertainment (1996) (United States)
Warner Home Video (1996) (United States) (VHS)
Warner Home Video (1997) (United States) (DVD)
Warner Home Video (2001) (United States) (DVD)
Warner Home Video (2001) (United States) (VHS)
ABC Family (2002) (United States) (TV)
Warner Home Video (2002) (United States) (collector's edition) (DVD)
Warner Home Video (2005) (United States) (DVD)
Warner Home Video (2006) (United States) (DVD)
Warner Home Video (2007) (United States) (DVD)
Warner Home Video (2009) (United States) (Blu-ray)
Warner Home Video (2010) (United States) (Blu-ray)
Warner Home Video (2011) (United States) (Blu-ray) (DVD)
Warner Home Video (2013) (United States) (Blu-ray) (DVD)
Fathom Events (2016) (United States) (re-release) (theatrical)
Warner Home Video (2016) (United States) (Blu-ray) (DVD)
Disney XD (2017) (United States) (TV)
Netflix (2018) (World-wide) (SVoD) (video)
Independent Film Channel (IFC) (2019) (United States) (TV)
HBO Max (2021) (United States) (VOD) (video)
Studio Distribution Services (SDS) (2021) (United States) (Ultra HD Blu-ray)
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (2021) (United States) (Blu-ray)
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (2021) (United States) (Ultra HD Blu-ray)
Fathom Entertainment (2026) (United States) (theatrical)
MonsterVision (United States) (TV)
National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (2003) (United States) (TV)
Netflix (2025) (United States) (VOD) (video)
Warner Home Video (United States) (laserdisc)

Filming Locations
Bavaria Studios, Bavariafilmplatz 7, Geiselgasteig, Grünwald, Bavaria, Germany (Studio)
Bavaria, Germany
Bern, Switzerland
Elisenstraße, Munich, Germany (Male reporter gives an update)
Franz-Prüller-Straße, Munich, Bavaria, Germany (Long alley Charlie walks at night)
Gebsattelstraße and Am Herrgottseck, Munich, Germany (Charlie runs down stairway from street)
Geiselgasteig, Grünwald, Bavaria, Germany
Germany
Gottfried-Keller-Straße, Munich, Germany (Charlie runs down the steps and into the underpass)
Hofbräukeller - Innere Wiener Straße 19, Munich, Bavaria, Germany (Augustus's interview) (burned down in the 1980s and rebuilt)
Katholisches Pfarramt St. Sylvester, Biedersteiner Straße 1, Munich, Germany (exterior of Charlie's school)
Lilienstraße, Munich, Germany (Bill's candy shop; Mr. Jopeck's news stand; Charlie watches Violet Beauregarde on TV; Charlie finds coin in storm drain)
Lilienstrasse and Riggauerweg. Munich, Germany (Charlie throws newspaper through doorway)
Ludwigsbrücke and Zeppelinstrasse, Munich, Germany (Charlie delivers newspaper to vegetable market)
Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Nördlingen, Bavaria, Germany (town at the end of the film)
Quellenstraße, Munich, Bavaria, Germany (Charlie runs by man working on house; exterior of Charlie's house)
Quellenstraße, Munich, Bavaria, Germany (Charlie's house exterior)
Rathausstraße Grünwald, Bavaria, Germany (Charlie walks city street at night)
Regierung von Oberbayern, Maximilianstraße 39, Munich, Bavaria, Germany (Charlie runs through archways)
Sammtstraße and Am Herrgottseck, Munich, Germany (Charlie's mother's laundry shop and exit to alley)
Stadtwerke München, Emmy-Noether-Straße 2, Munich, Germany (Willy Wonka's factory; exterior)
Stage 9/Wolfgang-Petersen-Halle, Bavaria Studios, Bavariafilmplatz 7, Geiselgasteig, Grünwald, Bavaria, Germany (Chocolate Room)
Switzerland
Toblerone Chocolate Factory, Muesmattstrasse 45, Länggasse, Bern, Switzerland (opening titles)

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