- Country: UK
- Genres: Comedy
- Release: 1996-02-16
- Director: Kenneth Branagh
- Writers: Kenneth Branagh
- Language: English
- Stars: Michael Maloney (I) , Richard Briers , Hetta Charnley , Joan Collins (I) , Nicholas Farrell , Mark Hadfield , Gerard Horan , Celia Imrie , Jennifer Saunders (I) , Julia Sawalha
- Runtime: 99 min
- Awards: 1 win & 1 nomination
- AKA: Bakom kulisserna (Sweden) , Ein Winternachtstraum (Germany) , In the Bleak Midwinter (United Kingdom) , Sueño de una noche de invierno (Uruguay, Eastern Republic of) , Au beau milieu de l'hiver (Canada) , Sonhos de Uma Noite de Inverno (Brazil) , En lo más crudo del crudo invierno (Spain) , Зимняя сказка (Russian Federation) , Au beau milieu de l'hiver (France, French Republic) , Hamlet, vagy amit akartok (Hungary) , A Midwinter's Tale (United States of America) , Kara kışın ortasında (Turkey) , In the Bleak Midwinter , Зимна приказка (Bulgaria) , 世にも憂鬱なハムレットたち (Japan) , A Midwinter Tale (Canada) , Nel bel mezzo di un gelido inverno (Italy) , Sonho de Uma Noite de Inverno (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , W środku mroźnej zimy (Poland) , Heimoniatiko paramythi (Greece)
- Plot: Out of work actor Joe Harper (Michael Maloney) volunteers to help try and save his sister's local church for the community by putting on a Christmas production of Hamlet, somewhat against the advice of his agent Margaretta D'Arcy (Dame Joan Collins). As the cast he assembles are still available even at Christmas and are prepared to do it on a "profit sharing" basis (that is, they may not get paid anything) he cannot expect, and does not get, the cream of the crop. But although they all bring their own problems and foibles along, something bigger starts to emerge in the perhaps aptly named village of Hope.
- IMDB:tt0113403
A Midwinter’s Tale Cast · · · ALL
Kenneth Branagh
Director
Michael Maloney
(I)
Joe
Richard Briers
Henry
Joan Collins
(I)
Margaretta
Nicholas Farrell
Tom Newman
Julia Sawalha
Nina
Celia Imrie
Fadge
John Sessions
Terry Du Bois
Jennifer Saunders
(I)
Nancy
Gerard Horan
Carnforth
Mark Hadfield
Vernon Spatch
Hetta Charnley
Molly
Adrian Scarborough
Young actor
Brian Pettifer
Ventriloquist
Patrick Doyle
Scotsman
Shaun Prendergast
Mule Train Man
Allie Byrne
Tap Dancer
Katy Carmichael
Mad Puppet Woman
Ann Davies
Mrs Branch
Robert Hines
Mortimer
Edward Jewesbury
Nina's Father
Carol Starks
Audience Member
Jessica Manley
Audience Member