RELEASE DATE
12-18-2012

RUN TIME
109 min

MPAA RATING
(Not Rated)

GENRE
Program

STARRING
Alexei Loparevich, Olga Suvorova, Anna Proskurnina, Nina Kaptsova, Denis Savin, Artem Ovcharenko, Pavel Dmitrichenko, Vyacheslav Lopatin, Anna Tikhomirova, Victoria Litvinova, Morikhiro Ivata

DIRECTOR(S)
Yuri Grigorovich

PRODUCER(S)

WRITER(S)
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Yuri Grigorovich

DISTRIBUTOR
Emerging Pictures

SYNOPSIS

Despite its reputation as the bonbon of the ballet world, The Nutcracker is far from a sugary cliché. The plot is as crazy as it is convincing. The surreal action takes place in an increasingly fantastical world, leaving the cozy domesticity of Clara's parent' house far behind. As soon as the audience adapts to one new world, another follows swiftly on as transformation follows transformation. The magician Drosselmeyer sets out to find a young girl who can break the curse imposed by the Mouse King on his nephew Hans-Peter, and restore him to human form. Mice and toys stage a pitched battle. Drosselmeyer sends Clara and Hans-Peter to the Land of the Snow and then to the Kingdom of Sweets where they meet the Sugar Plum Fairy and her prince.