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The Nutcracker Story (2007)

The Nutcracker Story poster
Directed by
Margy Kinmonth
Genre
documentary film
Country
United Kingdom
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A documentary tracing the history of Tchaikovsky's ballet The Nutcracker from its first performance to the present. It examines how the ballet became a worldwide holiday tradition.

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What happens

The Nutcracker Story is a documentary film made for The South Bank Show, written and directed by Margy Kinmonth and produced by Foxtrot Films Ltd in association with ITV productions and Channel 4 International. The film explores the cultural phenomenon that is the famous Tchaikovsky's ballet The Nutcracker, from its genesis through to the present day. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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