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The Christmas Star
🎬 Movie

The Christmas Star

1986 · 94 min Drama Family TV Movie
5.6 / 10 · TMDB

A counterfeiter finds the true meaning of the holidays.

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🎬 MovieFinder's Take

This is quietly operating cinema. No big events, no crisis turns — just people and how they live through what happens to them.

Strengths: atmosphere, actors, accuracy of detail. Weaknesses: the pace isn't for everyone, the ending may feel unresolved.

For people who watch films for feeling, not entertainment.

Director: Alan Shapiro

— MovieFinder Editorial

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Viewing atmosphere: An evening when your mind is at peace. With someone you can sit in silence with after. Wine or tea.

🎭 Cast

Ed Asner

Ed Asner

Horace McNickle

René Auberjonois

René Auberjonois

Sumner

Jim Metzler

Jim Metzler

Stuart Jameson

Susan Tyrrell

Susan Tyrrell

Sara

Alan North

Alan North

Captain Whittaker

Fred Gwynne

Fred Gwynne

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Frank C. Turner

Frank C. Turner

Sad Sack Santa

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Karen Landry

Clara Jameson

Philip Bruns

Philip Bruns

Lucky

Nicolas Van Burek

Nicolas Van Burek

Billy Jameson

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