Underplayed Gems

The Nutcracker (1973)

The Nutcracker poster
Original title
Щелкунчик
Directed by
Boris Stepantsev
Genre
children's film, Christmas film
Country
Soviet Union
Runtime
27 min
Rating
6.9 of 10 from 41 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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The catalogue in 3D

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How it feels

A young girl receives a nutcracker doll for Christmas, which comes to life and leads her into a battle with a mouse king and a journey through a fantasy world. The story follows the girl and her nutcracker prince as they experience a series of wondrous adventures.

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What happens

The Nutcracker (Russian: Щелкунчик, transcribed as Shchelkunchik) is a 1973 Soviet/Russian animated film from the Soyuzmultfilm studio directed by Boris Stepantsev and based partly on Pyotr Tchaikovsky's 1892 ballet The Nutcracker, but more closely on E.T.A. Hoffmann's 1816 short story "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King" which inspired the ballet. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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