The Nutcracker (1973)

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

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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