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The Man Who Invented Christmas
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 2017-10-12
- Runtime
- 105 min
- Genres
- Drama, History, Comedy, Family
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Rhombus Media, The Mazur Kaplan Company, The Mob Film Company, Parallel Films
- Country
- Ireland, Canada
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Dan Stevens as Charles Dickens
- Christopher Plummer as Scrooge
- Jonathan Pryce as Mr. John Dickens
- Justin Edwards as John Forster / Ghost of Christmas Present
- Morfydd Clark as Kate Dickens
- Donald Sumpter as Haddock / Ghost of Marley
- Miles Jupp as Thackeray
- Simon Callow as Leech
- Miriam Margolyes as Mrs. Fisk
- Ian McNeice as Chapman
- Bill Paterson as Mr. Grimsby
- John Henshaw as Butcher / Mr. Fezziwig
Crew
- Bharat Nalluri - Director
- Susan Coyne - Writer
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