The Nutcracker

Original title: Der Nussknacker

Duration: 55 min

Release date: 1964-12-24

IMDB

A one-hour version of Tchaikovsky's classic ballet, with a somewhat revised storyline reminiscent of "The Wizard of Oz".

Music

Der Nussknacker

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Edward Villella

Edward Villella

as The Nutcracker / The Prince

as Zuckerfee / Sugar Plum Fairy

Patricia McBride

Patricia McBride

as Clara (in the dream)

Harald Kreutzberg

Harald Kreutzberg

as Uncle Drosselmeyer / Snow King

Heidrun Schwaarz-Kosak

Heidrun Schwaarz-Kosak

Edith Demharter

Edith Demharter

Renate Deppisch

Renate Deppisch

Peter Grötzsch

Wolfgang Reuter

Wolfgang Reuter

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Heinz Liesendahl

Heinz Liesendahl

E. T. A. Hoffmann

E. T. A. Hoffmann

Karl Heinz Elsner

Karl Heinz Elsner

Executive Producer

Anneliese Schönnenbeck

Anneliese Schönnenbeck

Rolf Zehetbauer

Rolf Zehetbauer

Production Design

Herbert Strabel

Herbert Strabel

Charlotte Flemming

Charlotte Flemming

Director of Photography

Director of Photography

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