FREE ON CINEGEEK.DE A Christmas Carol (1951) 

Scrooge, portrayed by Alastair Sim is exactly like the dour and morose creature of the original. A Christmas Carol is above all a ghost story and Brian Desmond Hurst's version also carries nightmarish overtones. We experience visions of Scrooge's life story and impressions of poverty and misery in 19th century England. Human baseness and the torment of a shabby soul. This is in keeping with Dickens' template and accordingly the atmosphere of Hurst's film is bleak and chilly. This is not a jolly Christmas film, but underscores Dickens' moral. For by "Dickensian" we mean stories of poverty, lousy working conditions and injustice, especially against children. That is the world of Charles Dickens.