Movie

A Christmas Carol

“A new powerful presentation of the most loved ghost story of all time!”

★ 7.5(426)19841h 41m

A Christmas Carol is available to rent or buy on Apple TV Store in France. It isn't on a subscription streaming service there yet. Availability checked 21 July 2026.

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Director: Clive Donner
Release date: 1984-10-09
Runtime: 1h 41m
Language: English
Status: Released
Country: United Kingdom
Studio: Entertainment Partners Ltd.

A Christmas Carol — trailer

About A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol is a 1984 movie in the Drama, Fantasy and TV Movie genres, directed by Clive Donner, starring George C. Scott, Roger Rees and David Warner. It has a runtime of 1 hour 41 minutes. It holds an average rating of 7.5/10 from 426 viewers. Below you can see where to watch A Christmas Carol in France — across streaming, rental and purchase options — along with the full cast, trailer and viewer reviews.

Synopsis

Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current cruelties, and the dire fate that awaits him if he does not change his ways. Scrooge is faced with his own story of growing bitterness and meanness, and must decide what his own future will hold: death or redemption.

Cast

George C. Scott

Ebenezer Scrooge

Roger Rees

Fred Holywell / Narrator

David Warner

Bob Cratchit

Susannah York

Mrs. Cratchit

Edward Woodward

Ghost of Christmas Present

Angela Pleasence

Ghost of Christmas Past

Michael Carter

Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come

Anthony Walters

Tiny Tim

Caroline Langrishe

Janet Holywell

Lucy Gutteridge

Belle

Nigel Davenport

Silas Scrooge

Mark Strickson

Young Scrooge

Themes & keywords

futurebased on novel or bookholidayredemptioncharitymiserghostmoral transformationghosts of the pastchristmasspectrestingytyrannical bosschristmas evehopeful