The Christmas Candle Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Plot

What's the story about?

Plot

Deep in the heart of the English countryside lies the enchanting village of Gladbury. Legend has it every 25 years an angel visits the village candlemaker and touches a single candle. Whoever lights this candle receives a miracle on Christmas Eve. But in 1890, at the dawn of the electric age, this centuries old legend may come to an end.

When David Richmond (Hans Matheson), a progressive young minister, arrives in Gladbury, the villagers discover a new formula for miracles: good deeds and acts of kindness. While David's quest to modernize Gladbury sets him at odds with the old world candlemaker, he finds an unlikely ally in the lovely skeptic, Emily Barstow (Samantha Barks). Now, the fiery candlemaker must fight to preserve the legacy of the Christmas Candle. But when the candle goes missing, the miraculous and human collide in the most astonishing Christmas the village of Gladbury has ever seen.

Cited as official plot version from thechristmascandlemovie.com

Holiday

Top Cast

The lead cast starring in The Christmas Candle.

• S
  Susan Boyle

  ... Eleanor Hopewell

• B
  Barbara Flynn

  ... Lady Camdon

• L
  Lesley Manville

  ... Bea Haddington

  Mr Burton, Maleficent

• H
  Hans Matheson

  ... David Richmond

  Deathwatch

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  Samantha Barks

  ... Emily Barstow

  Les Misérables, Frozen: The Hit Broadway Musical

• S
  Sylvester McCoy

  ... Edward Haddington

  Dead Before They Wake, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

• J
  James Cosmo

  ... Herbert Hopewell

  Boyz in the Wood, Citadel

• J
  John Hannah

  ... William Barstow

  Damaged, Overboard

Crew Behind the Film

The The Christmas Candle behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's director John Stephenson last directed Five Children and It.

Director

John Stephenson

Screenwriters

Eric Newman II
Candace Lee

Production Details

What we know about the The Christmas Candle movie production.

Key Facts

• The Christmas Candle marks the feature-film debut for Scottish singer Susan Boyle, who was introduced to the world on Britain's Got Talent in April 2009. In addition to her acting, Boyle graces the project with her original single, Miracle Hymn, the anthem for the movie and track on her new album, Home for Christmas, releasing October 29. She said the story inspires her because, "You never give up on your dreams and you never stop believing in miracles."
• "The timeless holiday movie for the entire family represents the first wide theatrical release for former U.S. senator and presidential candidate Rick Santorum as new CEO of EchoLight Studios."
• Based on the book by international bestselling author, Max Lucado, who also makes a cameo in the film.

Production Updates for The Christmas Candle

Oct 2013

Completed

Changed The Christmas Candle movie production status. MPAA rating announced; assumed completed.

Mar 2013

Production

Changed the movie production status to Production. Production began last week on location in the United Kingdom and the Isle of Man.

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