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The Nutcracker

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United Kingdom · 1985
1h 39m
Director John Vernon
Starring Lesley Collier, Anthony Dowell, Michael Coleman, Julie Rose
Genre TV Movie, Family

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.

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