The Man Who Invented Christmas
The Man Who Invented Christmas

The Man Who Invented Christmas

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

October 12, 2017105 min6.8EN
DramaHistoryComedyFamily

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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Cast

Dan Stevens
Dan StevensCharles Dickens
Christopher Plummer
Christopher PlummerScrooge
Jonathan Pryce
Jonathan PryceMr. John Dickens
Justin Edwards
Justin EdwardsJohn Forster / Ghost of Christmas Present
Morfydd Clark
Morfydd ClarkKate Dickens
Donald Sumpter
Donald SumpterHaddock / Ghost of Marley
Miles Jupp
Miles JuppThackeray
Simon Callow
Simon CallowLeech
Miriam Margolyes
Miriam MargolyesMrs. Fisk
Ian McNeice
Ian McNeiceChapman