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The Man Who Invented Christmas

The Man Who Invented Christmas

How Charles Dickens wrote “A Christmas Carol” and created a tradition.

2017•1h 45m•6.8/10
DramaHistoryComedyFamily

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6.8/10(862)

In 1843, despite the fact that Dickens is a successful writer, the failure of his latest book puts his career at a crossroads, until the moment when, struggling with inspiration and confronting reality with his childhood memories, a new character is born in the depths of his troubled mind; an old, lonely, embittered man, so vivid, so human, that a whole world grows around him, a story so inspiring that changed the meaning of Christmas forever.

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Production

Rhombus Media, The Mazur Kaplan Company, The Mob Film Company, Parallel Films

Language

EN

Status

Released

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Cast

Dan Stevens

Dan Stevens

Charles Dickens

Christopher Plummer

Christopher Plummer

Scrooge

Jonathan Pryce

Jonathan Pryce

Mr. John Dickens

Justin Edwards

Justin Edwards

John Forster / Ghost of Christmas Present

Morfydd Clark

Morfydd Clark

Kate Dickens

Donald Sumpter

Donald Sumpter

Haddock / Ghost of Marley

Miles Jupp

Miles Jupp

Thackeray

Simon Callow

Simon Callow

Leech

Miriam Margolyes

Miriam Margolyes

Mrs. Fisk

Ian McNeice

Ian McNeice

Chapman

Bill Paterson

Bill Paterson

Mr. Grimsby

John Henshaw

John Henshaw

Butcher / Mr. Fezziwig

Annette Badland

Annette Badland

Butcher's Wife / Mrs. Fezziwig

Katie McGuinness

Katie McGuinness

Fanny Dickens / Mrs. Cratchit

Pearse Kearney

Pearse Kearney

Henry Jr. / Tiny Tim

Ger Ryan

Ger Ryan

Mrs. Dickens

Marcus Lamb

Marcus Lamb

Rev. Henry Burnett / Mr. Cratchit

Cosimo Fusco

Cosimo Fusco

Signor Mazzini

Anna Murphy

Tara / Ghost of Christmas Past

Ely Solan

Ely Solan

Young Charles

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