The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

Factual error: When the train is travelling away from Paddington Station, the locomotive does not have a number on the buffer beam, but has a number plate on the smokebox door. It also has a large 'British Railways' symbol on the tender. In 1940, the Great Western Railway would have had the number on the buffer beam and a either a small GWR logo on the tender or Great Western in full. British Railways wasn't created until 1948.

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Continuity mistake: When the Pevensies are playing hide-and-seek, there's a shot of Lucy running up the stairs. If you look closely, she is wearing the dress that she wears in her third time to Narnia, not the dress that she was wearing when she goes through the wardrobe into Narnia for the first time. (00:10:55)

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Continuity mistake: After Lucy pulls the cloth down, off from the wardrobe, its position on the floor drastically changes in following shots. (00:11:35)

Hamster

Continuity mistake: After Lucy and Mr. Tumnus meet, when they pick up the scattered parcels their positions in his arms differ, and the string/bows tied round them differ repeatedly between shots.

Super Grover

Continuity mistake: As Lucy watches the dazzling display in the fireplace, she alternately holds her cup down on the saucer/up by her face. (00:20:10)

Hamster

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Continuity mistake: When Peter, Susan, Lucy and the Beavers arrive to Aslan's camp and see Oreius, his body is all black. In the battle you can see that Oreius has black legs up to his knees, but then his body is brown. It's easy to see just when the Minotaur drops from Oreius's back: the stomach is brown.

Continuity mistake: When the Pevensie children leave Mr. Tumnus' home they hear noises outside, so Susan places her hand on Peter's arm and Peter holds her hand. Just before Beaver appears, in the front shot, Susan and Peter remove their hands, but in the next shot they're back on Peter's arm. (00:44:50)

Super Grover

Other mistake: When Aslan is resurrected, and the Stone Table cracks, you see Susan and Lucy stumble from the jolt and fall. If you watch closely, however, Susan prepares herself for the jolt before it ever happens. She throws her arms out and bends slightly at the waist, a few seconds before the jolt.

Continuity mistake: After Edmund has been rescued and is talking to Aslan on the cliff, as he starts walking back to the tents, Aslan in the background is suddenly taller than him, even though he is further from the camera. In the next shot Aslan's height is normal again.

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Continuity mistake: When Edmund first enters Narnia, he is attacked by the White Witch's henchman, who pushes him into the snow. In some shots, there is a considerable amount of snow in his ear, and in others, its completely gone. This switches several times. (00:29:15)

Mark Warren

Continuity mistake: When Lucy, Edmund, Peter and Susan fall through the wardrobe together, as they stand there the amount and pattern of snow on Edmund disappears, then reappears, and changes drastically between shots, while they're arguing before they head off. (00:40:40)

Super Grover

Continuity mistake: When Lucy, Peter, Susan and the Beavers speak with Father Christmas, the position of his large bag when it's on the ground, and then in the sleigh, distinctly differs between shots.

Super Grover

Continuity mistake: When Edmund falls backward into the snow, after his near hit by the White Witch's sleigh, his dressing gown changes from hanging down over his knees, to folded back, over his chest. (00:28:45)

Hamster

Factual error: During the opening WW2 battle scene, the German pilot's boots have modern Vibram soles. (00:01:00)

Continuity mistake: Peter and Aslan are standing, looking out over Narnia and in frontal views Aslan is only as tall as Peter's shoulders. But from reverse shots Aslan is taller than Peter.

Hamster

Continuity mistake: When Lucy first enters Narnia, her hair changes between shots from being straight and neat to being messy and slightly curly.

Jon Sandys

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Trivia: After the initial credits begin (since many people leave the theatre as soon as the credits appear, they miss this), there is an additional short scene between Professor Kirke and Lucy, that takes place near the wardrobe. (02:12:25)

Super Grover

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Question: A friend of mine noticed that despite it being winter in Narnia for a hundred years, no one's breath is visible. Is this a mistake, a director's choice (since it could've been added in post) or an element of Narnia (I am not very familiar with the books)?

Answer: It was never mentioned in the book or the movie that breath wasn't visible, so it is a mistake.

Phixius

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