The Nutcracker (1993)

Directed by

Emile Ardolino

Genre

Christmas film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 32m

Rated

G

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 59 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young girl receives a nutcracker doll at a Christmas party. The doll comes to life and leads her on a magical journey through a fantasy world of dancing sweets.

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What happens

The Nutcracker, also known as George Balanchine's The Nutcracker, is a 1993 American Christmas ballet film based on Peter Martins's stage production and directed by Emile Ardolino. It stars Darci Kistler, Damian Woetzel, Kyra Nichols, Bart Robinson Cook, Macaulay Culkin, Jessica Lynn Cohen, Wendy Whelan, Margaret Tracey, Gen Horiuchi, Tom Gold, and the New York City Ballet. The film was released by Warner Bros. under their Warner Bros. Family Entertainment label on November 24, 1993, four days after director Ardolino died. It received mixed reviews and was a box office failure, grossing only $2 million. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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