

The Man Who Invented Christmas
How Charles Dickens wrote “A Christmas Carol” and created a tradition.
Genres
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
Budget
$17000000
Revenue
$8100000
Runtime
105 min
Release Date
2017-10-12
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
832
Vote Average
6.8
Dan Stevens
Charles Dickens
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
Miriam Margolyes
Mrs. Fisk
Ian McNeice
Chapman
Bill Paterson
Mr. Grimsby
John Henshaw
Butcher / Mr. Fezziwig
Annette Badland
Butcher's Wife / Mrs. Fezziwig
Katie McGuinness
Fanny Dickens / Mrs. Cratchit
Pearse Kearney
Henry Jr. / Tiny Tim
Ger Ryan
Mrs. Dickens
Marcus Lamb
Rev. Henry Burnett / Mr. Cratchit
Cosimo Fusco
Signor Mazzini
Anna Murphy
Tara / Ghost of Christmas Past
Ely Solan
Young Charles
Mark Schrier
Presenter
Patrick Joseph Byrnes
Stage Manager
Jasper Hughes Cotter
Walter Dickens
James Heffernan
Charley Dickens
Aleah Lennon
Mamie Dickens
Ella Mai Delaney
Katey Dickens
Donna Marie Sludds
Maid
David McSavage
Hall
Pat Mooney
Garrick Club Waiter
Anna Murphy
Tara / Ghost of Christmas Past
Sam McGillicuddy
Young Charles' Brother
Rory O'Neill
Young Charles' Brother
Nancy Quinney
Young Charles' Sister
Allanah
Young Charles' Sister
Glynis Casson
Society Lady
Amelia Crowley
Mrs. Grimsby
Derek Hannay
Toothless Man
Derek O'Sullivan
Grave Digger
John Delaney
Grave Digger
Gerard Lee
Cleric
Stephen Ball
Clerk
Kevin McCormack
Bailiff
Aideen Wylde
Charlotte Wigmore
Marcus Lamb
Rev. Henry Burnett / Bob Cratchit
Paul Kealyn
Warren's Foreman
Richard Coombs
Punch / Judy
Michael Judd
Pie Man
Anthony Morris
Newsagent
Eddie Jackson
Scam Artist
Linda Gough
Charwoman
Jack Gunning
Cratchit Child
Christina Martina
Cratchit Child
Ava May Taylor
Cratchit Child
Adam Dolan
Warren's Factory Boy
Cameron Simpson
Poll
Degnan Geraghty
Christmas Tree Vendor
John Colleary
Constable Copperfield
Sean Duggan
Mr. Grub
Jake
Grip the Raven
James Daniel Wilson
Grip
George
Mittens the Cat
Valeria Bandino
Tart
Desmond Bird
Lover
Séamus Hanly
Audience Member
Franco Moscon
Nobleman
Mark Quigley
Middle Class
Roisin Whelan
Maid
Séamus Hanly
Audience Member (uncredited)
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