The Nutcracker

Name: The Nutcracker
Genre: Family, TV Movie
Released: 1985
Duration: 99 min
Cast: Lesley Collier, Anthony Dowell, Michael Coleman, Julie Rose, Guy Niblett

1985

1h 39min

Family

TV Movie

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Overview

Sir Peter Wright’s 1984 version of The Nutcracker for The Royal Ballet, still performed by the Company, stays close to Hoffmann’s original tale. It emphasises Drosselmeyer’s mission to find a young girl – Clara – who can break the curse imposed by the Mouse King on his nephew Hans Peter and thus restore him to human form. References to Nuremberg and German Christmas traditions are present in the settings, with a kingdom of marzipan featured in Act 2.