Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

School ends for the day. Katholisches Pfarramt St. Sylvester (St. Sylvester Catholic Parish) Biedersteiner Straße, Munich,West Germany.

The same location now by Mark O'Neill.

The children pour out of class. Biedersteiner Straße.

Mark found the place still picturesque.

More children appear from school. Biedersteiner Straße in Munich.

Fred Ganter provides this comparison view of St. Sylvester.

The camera pans with the pupils. Biedersteiner Straße. With thanks to www.filminglocationsdetectives.com for location identification.

A good comparison from Mark.

The children head into town. Biedersteiner Straße an der kreuzung mit Haimhauserstraße, München 80802.

The same junction over 40 years later. Picture by Mark O'Neill.

The schoolchildren rush into Bill's Candy Shop. Peter de Mooij explains that the prop frontage was added to a property where number 22 Lilienstraße in Munich now stands.

Peter provides this view of the location now.

Charlie Bucket (Peter Ostrum) can't afford to buy chocolate so heads to Mr. Jopeck's (Werner Heyking) News Stand. Lilienstraße.

A wide and a tighter shot of the same location by Rob Teasdale and Jimbo.

Charlie collects newspapers for his round. Lilienstraße, Munich, Bavaria, West Germany.

Lilienstraße as it appears now, taken by Bärbel Meisel.

Newspapers are delivered at speed. Lilienstraße located by Bärbel Meisel . . .

. . . who also provides this shot of the same place.

Charlie runs through the streets throwing the newspapers in a very American style! A. J. Lewis identifies this as Birkenau 18, Munich.

Replacing a previous Apple Maps image, Rob Teasdale and Jimbo provide us with his original.

Behind the railings, Charlie makes for an underpass. This appears to be Gottfried-Keller-Straße.

Stefan Pöschel confirms the location.

Charlie approaches the Chocolate Factory owned by Willy Wonka. Emmy-Noether-Straße, Munich in West Germany.

Mark O'Neill also approached the factory.

Peering through the gates and imagining what goes on inside. München Gaswerks, Emmy-Noether-Straße.

The same location found by Mark. Not quite as picturesque.

'Up the airy mountain, down the rushy glen, we dare not go a hunting, for fear of little men . . . . ' A Tinker (Peter Capell) tells Charlie about the mystery of the Chocolate Factory. Emmy-Noether-Straße, Munich, West Germany.

Mark advises that the Oompa Loompas are all in good health but were working away!!!

After the announcement of the competition to tour Wonka's factory, Wonka Bars are delivered to the White House. Unidentified location.

A News Reporter (Unidentified) gives an update. The junction of Sophienstraße, Lenbachplatz and Elisenstraße, Munich.

Gregor Gee provides us with this nicely choreographed shot. (RL)

After meeting with his Mother at the laundry where she works, Charlie sets off home. The song sequence features Schloßstraße and Wilhelm-Keim-Straße, Grünwald advises Luka Keats.

Bärbel Meisel took this view of the same corner.

Cheer up, Charlie, Give me a smile, What happened to the smile I used to know . . . .' Franz-Prüller-Straße identified by Bärbel Meisel.

Bärbel took this shot looking along the same street.

Charlie wanders through the darkened streets. A. J. Lewis found this to be Rathausstraße in Grunwald, Bavaria, just south of Munich.

Taken a little wider, Peter de Mooij proves the location with this comparison.

Mrs. Bucket (Diana Sowle) continues her song. Am Hergottseck in Munich 2 recognised by Bärbel Meisel.

Just along from the corner seen earlier, taken by Bärbel.

A depressed Charlie walks towards Mr. Jopeck's News Stand. Lilienstraße, Munich.

Rob Teasdale and Jimbo found that the street has been significantly remodelled and that the yellow building to the left is now red.

Charlie notices a silver coin in a drain. Lilienstraße, Munich.

The same location in an area that has seen redevelopment. Comparison image from Mark O'Neill.

Mmmmm, after the coin is 'rescued', decision time. Lilienstraße at the corner with Schwarzstraße, located by Rob Teasdale and Jimbo.

Using the windows of the building in the left background, Rob and Jimbo were able to identify the location.

Charlie decides to spend the money in Bill's Candy Shop. Lilienstraße in Munich.

The built on site at number 22 taken by Peter de Mooij.

After buying two chocolate bars, Charlie goes into the street and finds people reading about the last 'Golden Ticket' find being a fraud. Richard Fowers notes the addition of a poster hoarding to the left for this view of Lilienstraße.

Rob Teasdale and Jimbo found the twin doorways which are clearly visible today.

When Charlie opens the second of the bars he's bought it reveals the last 'Golden Ticket' and he runs towards home. Lilienstraße.

Cycles everywhere in Rob Teasdale and Jimbo's comparison.

An ecstatic Charlie runs home. 6 Chorherrstraße in Munich found by A. J. Lewis.

Rob Teasdale and Jimbo provide this view of the location now.

Charlie runs through a long colonnade. The colonnade running alongside Maximilianstraße located by Bärbel Meisel.

Taken from a similar viewpoint by Bärbel.

Gottfried-Keller-Straße, München 81245. Found by Marcus for the website www.filminglocationsdetectives.com

Stefan Pöschel provided this view of the location.

Charlie runs into a subway. The subway passes under the railway just south of München-Pasing station.

And here is Stefan's modern shot of the subway entrance.

Mr Slugworth (Günter Meisner) stops Charlie in the subway. 'Allow me to introduce myself. Arthur Slugworth, President of Slugworth Chocolates Incorporated. Now listen carefully because I'm going to make you very rich . . . . ' The eastern subway running beneath Pasing railway station located by Stefan Pöschel.

Stefan adds that at the time of filming the subway just ran beneath the station, but during restructuring broad stairs to all the platforms were added.

After bumping into Slugworth, Charlie continues his run home. Stefan Pöschel identifies this as the southern end of the eastern subway running beneath Pasing railway station in Munich.

Stefan found that the southern side of the subway has been completely rebuild and the old railing removed, so it is no longer possible to take an accurate comparison. This is the view of the location at subway level.

Dáire Kivlehan advised that these steps lead to An der Kreppe, Munich 81667.

Bärbel's view shows that refurbishment has taken place.

An der Kreppe in Haidhausen, Munich identified by Dáire Kivlehan.

Facing An der Kreppe 5 captured by Bärbel Meisel.

Charlie arrives home. Luka Keats tells us that this is Quellenstraße alongside Kegelhofbach in München 81669, Bavaria.

Rob Teasdale and Jimbo found this location very tricky to find and explain "If the river and surrounding land was the same in 1971 as it is now, there are very few places to get this view from. To get a shot this wide you'd need to shoot from over the river, or on the footbridge which crosses it. In the film, Charlie appears to be running slightly uphill to the house. There's only one spot which currently runs uphill and it happens to be approaching a footbridge. The topology of the ground also looks right."

The morning of the visit sees crowds outside the factory gates. Emmy-Noether-Straße, Munich.

Mike Teevee (Paris Themmen) and his Mother, Mrs. Teevee (Nora Denney), await entrance as Veruca Salt (Julie Dawn Cole) looks on. Gregor confirms that this is indeed Emmy-Noether-Straße, Munich right opposite the factory gates and that It wasn’t camera trickery or filmed at a different location. (RL)

Gregor Gee provides this wider view of the same location. (RL)

Just five minutes to go before the tour begins.

Günter has sent his own timely shot that he took in 2011. (RL)

At ten o'clock a gate to the factory opens. Emmy-Noether-Straße, Munich.

Mark captured the same location now.

Willy Wonka (Gene Wilder) appears. Munich Gaswerks, Emmy-Noether-Straße.

Wonka limps, with the aid of a walking stick, towards the gates.

More of the same place from Mark.

The crowd goes silent as they watch the Chocolatier approach.

Mark O'Neill found grass instead of setts.

Wonka leaves his cane just before performing a somersault. München Gaswerks.

A greener view today by Mark O'Neill.

Mr. Salt (Roy Kinnear), Veruca, Augustus Gloop (Michael Bollner), Mrs. Gloop (Ursula Reit), Violet Beauregarde (Denise Nickerson), Sam Beauregarde (Leonard Stone), the Teevee's, Grandpa Joe (Jack Albertson) and Charlie follow Willy Wonka into the Factory.

The gateway of the former München Gaswerk, München captured by Mark O'Neill.

' . . . There is no place I know to compare with pure imagination . . . .' A studio shot to fill the gap between the first half of the film and the finale.

When Charlie wins the greatest prize of all, he and Grandpa Joe are taken up, through the roof of the factory, in the Wonkavator. Nördlingen, Bavaria, West Germany.

Another elevated view as the Wonkavator flies above the town. Nördlingen, Bavaria.

An aerial view of the gate on Augsburger Straße, continuing as Reimlinger Straße within the wall. Nördlingen.

Looking down from the Wonkavator onto Nördlingen in Bavaria, West Germany.

We don't usually replace third party images with third party images, however, this is a clearer, updated satellite view of the town sent to us by John Ross . . . which will suffice until someone takes a drone out to capture an original. Image copyright Google.

'But Charlie, don't forget what happened to the man who suddenly got everything he always wanted'. Yes, we know it's a back projection but the castle in the background is Burgruine Flochberg, Bopfingen, Germany. Found by a guy called Marcus for the website www.filminglocationsdetectives.com

Günter doesn't mess with back projection and has sent his own picture taken in 2011 showing only the major ruins having been preserved. (RL)