Director
Brian Desmond Hurst
Leading Actors/Actresses
Alastair Sim
Supporting Actors/Actresses
Kathleen Harrison, Mervyn Johns, Hermione Baddeley, Michael Hordern
Genre
Drama, Fantasy
Language
English
Awards
N/A
Date of Release
1951
Producer
Brian Desmond Hurst
Setting and Context
1843 London
Narrator and Point of View
POV is that of Ebenezer Scrooge
Tone and Mood
Serious, Dramatic
Protagonist and Antagonist
Antagonist is Scrooge. Protagonist is Cratchit and Tiny Tim
Major Conflict
Ebenezer Scrooge is the meanest money lender in all of London, and he hates Christmas as well as people whom he is bitter towards. But he is visited by three Spirits on Christmas Eve that seek to give him a different perspective on his life.
Climax
After having been visited by the three Spirits, Scrooge awakens on Christmas morning a new man. Energized with a need to have joy after being redeemed from his awful life. He celebrates with Cratchit and his family after giving Cratchit a raise.
Foreshadowing
Jacob Marley's face on Scrooge's door knocker foreshadows that he will be in for a hard night.
Understatement
It is understated that Scrooge was once a good man with friends and a love.
Innovations in Filming or Lighting or Camera Techniques
N/A
Allusions
The film is an allusion to wealth being a terrible guide to happiness and meaning in ones life, and if Scrooge allows it to, it will kill him.
Paradox
Scrooge is the meanest man in London, and the wealthiest. Paradoxically he was once a kind man, and now has no friends or family.
Parallelism
Tiny Tim's disease parallels Scrooge's own pain as a child. It is a catalyst for his seeking redemption.
