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A Christmas Carol

1971 animated film directed by Richard Williams
Movie animated_short_film Q289002
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Summary

A Christmas Carol is an animated short film[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of animated short film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,040 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film[3]
  • Director: Richard Williams[4]
  • Screenwriter: Charles Dickens[5]
  • Composer: Tristram Cary[6]
  • Genre: fantasy film[7], Christmas film[8]
  • Based on: A Christmas Carol[9]
  • Producer: Chuck Jones[10], Richard Williams[11]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[12]
  • Color: color[13]
  • Country of origin: United States[14]
  • Publication date: December 21, 1971[15]
  • Voice actor: Joan Sims[16], Michael Hordern[17], Melvyn Hayes[18], Alastair Sim[19], Michael Redgrave[20]
  • Distributed by: American Broadcasting Company[21]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film[22]
  • Executive producer: Chuck Jones[23]
  • Title: A Christmas Carol[24]
  • Has characteristic: film based on literature[25]
  • After a work by: Charles Dickens[26]
  • Duration: 28 minutes[27]
  • Fabrication method: traditional animation[28]
  • Set during recurring event: Christmas and holiday season[29]

Why It Matters

A Christmas Carol has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

FAQs

What awards did A Christmas Carol receive?

Honors received include Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film[3].

Related Entities

A Christmas Carol Banari Charles Dickens Chuck Jones Michael Redgrave United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . ofdb.de. Retrieved . ofdb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . ofdb.de. Retrieved . ofdb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  9. [3] ↑ . oscars.org. oscars.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Set during recurring event → Christmas and holiday season
    Instance of → —
    Has characteristic → film based on literature
    Screenwriter → Charles Dickens
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