On Angel Wings

Dec 1, 2014

0h 28m

★ 3.0

Overview

One cold Christmas night, an old shepherd recounts the magical story of how he came to be the first visitor to the new born Christ child - ahead of the other shepherds, and in complete secret. Based on the book by Michael Morpurgo.

Genres

Animation

Production Companies

The Illuminated Film Company

On Angel Wings Trailers

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Cast

Angel Gabriel

Dominic Cooper

Mary

Juliet Stevenson

Grandfather

Michael Gambon

Rachel

Maya Gerber

Joseph

Colin McFarlane

Aaron / Abner

Toby Baddeley

Reuben / Jacob

Josh McFarlane

Hannah

Emily Walsh

Amos

Oliver Walsh

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