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The Man Who Invented Christmas
“How Charles Dickens wrote “A Christmas Carol” and created a tradition.”
6.8 / 10• 2017• 1h 45m•PG• English
DramaHistoryComedyFamily
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Dan Stevens
Charles Dickens
Lead
Christopher Plummer
Scrooge
Jonathan Pryce
Mr. John Dickens
Justin Edwards
John Forster / Ghost of Christmas Present
Morfydd Clark
Kate Dickens
Donald Sumpter
Haddock / Ghost of Marley
Miles Jupp
Thackeray
Simon Callow
Leech
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Bharat Nalluri's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Man Who Invented Christmas is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
