Movie·2017·105 min

The Man Who Invented Christmas

Name: The Man Who Invented Christmas
Genre: Drama, History, Comedy, Family
Released: 2017-10-12
Duration: 105 min
Rating: 6.8
Cast: Dan Stevens, Christopher Plummer, Jonathan Pryce, Justin Edwards, Morfydd Clark

The Man Who Invented Christmas streams in the US on HBO Max Amazon Channel, Cinemax Amazon Channel, Kanopy and Hoopla, as of October 6, 2026.

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

6.8 / 10 · TMDB

Drama History Comedy Family

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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