The Nutcracker

Original title: Shchelkunchik

1973
27m

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7.5/10

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A young chambermaid finds a neglected nutcracker under a Christmas tree. It comes to life, but the Nutcracker is really an enchanted prince.A young chambermaid finds a neglected nutcracker under a Christmas tree. It comes to life, but the Nutcracker is really an enchanted prince.A young chambermaid finds a neglected nutcracker under a Christmas tree. It comes to life, but the Nutcracker is really an enchanted prince.

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IMDb RATING

7.5/10

1.2K

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5User reviews

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Hans Conried

U.S. Narrator

Shirley MacLaine

Narrator
(voice: English version)

Director
- Boris Stepantsev
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Trivia
Despite the fact that the animation is an adaptation of the ballet of the same name, in its musical track, compositions from other ballet adaptations of Tchaikovskiy are used: "Russian dance" (in the dance scene with a broom) and the theme of Rothbart from Swan Lake, as well as the overture and the theme of evil fairy Karabos from Sleeping Beauty.

Alternate versions
The version shown on the cable series "Stories from My Childhood" includes narration spoken by Shirley MacLaine, who appeared with Mikhail Baryshnikov, the executive producer of "Stories from My Childhood', in the 1977 film "The Turning Point".