Movie

The Man Who Invented Christmas

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

★ 6.8(876)20171h 45m

Drama History Comedy Family

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The Man Who Invented Christmas is streaming on Disney Plus in Belgium. Availability checked 23 July 2026.

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Director: Bharat Nalluri
Release date: 2017-10-12
Runtime: 1h 45m
Language: English
Box office: $8,100,000
Budget: $17,000,000
Status: Released
Country: Ireland
Studio: Rhombus Media

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About The Man Who Invented Christmas

The Man Who Invented Christmas is a 2017 movie in the Drama, History and Comedy genres, directed by Bharat Nalluri, starring Dan Stevens, Christopher Plummer and Jonathan Pryce. It has a runtime of 1 hour 45 minutes. It holds an average rating of 6.8/10 from 876 viewers. Below you can see where to watch The Man Who Invented Christmas in Belgium — across streaming, rental and purchase options — along with the full cast, trailer and viewer reviews.

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.

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

Themes & keywords

london, englandhusband wife relationshipbased on novel or bookholidaydisabled childvictorian englanddebtliterary agentpovertychild labornovelistpublisherhousemaidchristmas19th century