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Ballet in Cinema: The Nutcracker (Bolshoi Ballet)

Rating:No Rating
Genre:Program
Release Date:December 18, 2012
Running time:135 minutes
Cast:Nina Kaptsova, Artem Ovcharenko, Denis Savin, Pavel Dmitrichenko, Vyacheslav Lopatin
Director:Yuri Grigorovich
Writer:Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Yuri Grigorovich
Distributor:Emerging Pictures

Description: Despite its reputation as the bonbon of the ballet world, The Nutcracker is far from a sugary cliché. The plot is as crazy as it is convincing. The surreal action takes place in an increasingly fantastical world, leaving the cozy domesticity of Clara's parent' house far behind. As soon as the audience adapts to one new world, another follows swiftly on as transformation follows transformation. The magician Drosselmeyer sets out to find a young girl who can break the curse imposed by the Mouse King on his nephew Hans-Peter, and restore him to human form. Mice and toys stage a pitched battle. Drosselmeyer sends Clara and Hans-Peter to the Land of the Snow and then to the Kingdom of Sweets where they meet the Sugar Plum Fairy and her prince.

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