The Man Who Invented Christmas

Synopsis

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

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

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Anna Murphy

Tara / Ghost of Christmas Past

Ely Solan

Young Charles

Crew

Art

• John Browne Art Department Assistant
• Paki Smith Production Design
• Nigel Pollock Art Direction
• Julie Ochipinti Set Decoration
• Colm Bassett Construction Manager

Camera

• Ben Smithard Director of Photography
• Ben Smithard "A" Camera Operator

Costume & Make-Up

• Leonie Prendergast Costume Design
• Grace Helen Bailey Daily Makeup & Hair
• Aine Bane Daily Makeup & Hair
• Sonia Dolan Makeup Designer
• Lorraine Glynn Hair Designer

Crew

• Christopher Green Special Effects Technician
• Frankie Waite Floor Runner
• Joe Condren Stunt Coordinator

Directing

• Bharat Nalluri Director

Editing

• Jamie Pearson Editor
• Stephen O'Connell Editor

Production

• Niv Fichman Producer
• Vadim Jean Producer
• Robert Mickelson Producer
• Susan Mullen Producer
• Ian Sharples Producer
• Fraser Ash Associate Producer
• Susan Coyne Executive Producer
• Wayne Marc Godfrey Executive Producer
• Johanna Hogan Executive Producer
• Robert Jones Executive Producer
• Mitchell Kaplan Executive Producer
• Andrew Karpen Executive Producer

Sound

• Mychael Danna Original Music Composer
• Daniel Crowley Sound Mixer
• Guillaume Beauron Boom Operator
• David Caporale Assistant Sound Editor
• Jenna Dalla Riva Foley Editor

Visual Effects

• Steven Templeton Special Effects Supervisor
• Philip Edward Alexy Visual Effects
• Brendan Taylor Visual Effects Producer
• Greg Behrens Visual Effects Supervisor
• Jasmine Scott Visual Effects Coordinator
• Martin O'Brien Visual Effects Producer

Writing

• Charles Dickens Novel
• Susan Coyne Writer
• Les Standiford Book

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