December 23, 1904
Release Date

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The Christmas Angel (1904)

Name: The Christmas Angel
Genre: Drama
Released: 1904-12-23

10m

Running Time

December 23, 1904
Release Date

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Plot.

A poor family in a rundown house where snow falls through the broken roof, there's no coal to heat the pathetic little stove, mother is sick, father sends daughter out to beg. Rejected by other beggars, the girl collapses in the snow…

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Cast & Crew.

Georges Méliès

The Rag-and-Bone Man / Beggar on Crutches / Coal Seller / Director / Producer

Rachel Gillet

Marie, the beggar girl

Media.

Details.

Release Date
December 23, 1904

Original Name
Détresse et charité

Status
Released

Running Time
10m

Genres
Drama

Last updated: 2024-12-25

This Movie Is About.

angel

silent film

Wiki.

Détresse et Charité, released in the United States as The Christmas Angel and in Britain as The Beggar Maiden, is a 1904 French short silent film directed by Georges Méliès. It was released by Méliès's Star Film Company and is numbered 669–677 in its catalogues.