"When a broken hearted boy loses the treasured wooden nativity set that links him to his dead father, his worried mother persuades a lonely ill-tempered woodcarver to create a replacement, and to allow her son to watch him work on it."
Tom Berenger
as Jonathan Toomey
Joely Richardson
as Susan McDowell
Luke Ward-Wilkinson
as Thomas McDowell
Saoirse Ronan
as Celia Hardwick
Aran Bell
as Richard Tyler
Sarah Wildor
as Jonathan's Wife
Thomas Briggs
as Jonathan's Baby
Clare Burt
as Claire Hardwick
Benji Compston
as Charles White
Robert Jezek
as Jim Hardwick
Ronald Pickup
as William McDowell
Lia Williams
as Joan Tyler
Jenny O'Hara
as Mrs. Hickey
Elliot Cowan
as James McDowall
Jack Montgomery
as Edward Hardwick
Karen Westwood
as Mrs. White
Sam Douglas
as Wallis Woodman
Derek Riddell
as Parson
Sunna Yates
as Mrs. Johnstone
Ben Konigsberg
as Bobby Clarke
Bill Clark
Director
Mark Burton
First Assistant Editor
Alastair Burlingham
Executive Producer
Writer
Susan Wojciechowski
Book
Cathy Doubleday
Script Supervisor
Kate Brontë-Stewart
Floor Runner
Henry Bateman
Epk Camera Operator
EPK Editor
Paula Da Costa
Production Secretary
Scott Eaton
Assistant Production Coordinator
Catherine Russell
Katie Shahrokh
Post-Production Manager
Tom Fenwick Smith
Production Runner
Morag Webster
Unit Medic
Sarah Wheale
Production Coordinator
Gavin Woods
Chef
Jack Yiokoumi
Mikael Carlsson
Executive Music Producer
Phil Hope
Music Supervisor
Steve Mair
Musician
Paul Lowe
Stunt Double
Donna Grey
Line Producer
Ros Hubbard
Co-Producer
Alan Latham
Producer
Philippe Martinez
Thomas Mattinson
Jonathan Weisgal
Guy Farley
Original Music Composer
Emmanuel Kadosh
Director of Photography
David Freeman
Editor
Dan Hubbard
Casting
John Hubbard
Simon Waters
Production Design
Stuart Kearns
Art Direction
Alex Merchant
Tom Whitehead
Maria Price
Costume Design
Amelia Brauer
Hair Designer
Makeup Designer
Karen Evans
Makeup Artist
Stephen Barker
Post Production Supervisor
David Daniels
First Assistant Director
Carley Lane
Third Assistant Director
Simon Morris
Second Assistant Director
Tony Graysmark
Construction Manager
Howard Weaver
Scenic Artist
Simon Brown
Boom Operator
Colin Cooper
ADR Mixer
Foley Mixer
Phil Freudenfeld
Foley Editor
Rick Gould
Foley Artist
Tim Hands
Supervising Sound Editor
Nigel Mills
Derek Norman
Sound Recordist
Adrian Rhodes
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Sound Editor
Gavin Rose
Assistant Sound Editor
Andrew Rowe
Sound Assistant
Sven Taits
Andrew Fensom
Digital Compositor
Michael Ghelfi
Ainslie Harris
Lewis Saunders
Kit Monkman
Visual Effects Supervisor
Leanne Flinn
Video Assist Operator
Nimi Getter
Gaffer
Ben Perry
Assistant Camera
Nick Ray
Grip
James Smith-Pryor
Best Boy Electric
Tom Swayne
Casting Assistant
Heather Howell
Costume Supervisor
Pookie Russell
Costume Assistant
Burdette Anderson
Executive In Charge Of Production
Justin Eely
Online Editor
Fiona Mackay
Post Production Assistant
John Mateer
Post Production Consulting
Tim Waller
Senior Colorist