Candles in the Dark is a 1993 American made for television Christmas drama film directed by Maximilian Schell.

Produced for The Family Channel,[1] the film stars Alyssa Milano and Chad Lowe.

The film was shot between August and September 1993 on location with an Estonian crew, most of whom did not speak English.

He planned on buying the film's rights to distribute a re-edited version overseas, but this never happened.

[1] Variety magazine wrote: "Candles in the Dark is a sweet, endearing but safe story that occasionally suffers from low production values and muddled sub-characters but will no doubt make the family weep.