On Christmas Eve, Marie receives an enchanted toy as a gift from her uncle Albert. At night, it comes to life and engages in an unequal battle with the mouse army and their formidable king. Staged by Yuri Grigorovich for the Bolshoi Theatre in 1977.
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Cast
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Ekaterina Maksimova
Marie
Also in
Fouetté
The Nutcracker
Vladimir Levashyov
Drosselmeier
Also in
The Nutcracker
Swan Lake
Sergey Radchenko
The Mouse King
Also in
Carmen Suite
Old Tango
Elena Vatulya
Nutcracker the Doll
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Vladimir Vasiliev
Nutcracker the Prince
Also in
Spartacus
Fouetté
Olga Dobrokhotova
Narrator
Elena Macheret Director · E. T. A. Hoffmann Author Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Composer
First release December 22, 1977 · Produced in Russia · Original title Щелкунчик
Production
Central Television USSR
Production
Russia
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Original title
Щелкунчик
Original language
Russian
Release dates
Russia · December 22, 1977
TV
Russia · January 1, 1978
Limited theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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