The Nutcracker Prince
The Nutcracker Prince is a 1990 animated romantic fantasy film made by Lacewood Productions and released by Warner Bros. Pictures. It was directed by Paul Schibli. The film was based on the story The Nutcracker and the Mouse King by E. T. A. Hoffmann and also influenced by its ballet adaptation The Nutcracker. Tchaikovskys music to that ballet is used as the main instrumental soundtrack.
In 1850 in Germany Claras family are celebrating on Christmas Eve. Clara is jealous because her older sister, Louise, has a boyfriend, leaving her feeling sad and wondering about growing up. She immediately cheers up when the eccentric Uncle Drosselmeier arrives at their home with special gifts a fully automated toy castle for everyone, and a Nutcracker for Clara. Upon giving her the Nutcracker, Claras little brother Fritz breaks it. To cheer Clara up Drosselmeier tells her a story about how the Nutcracker came to be the Prince of the Dolls.In Sweden in 1290, 560 years previously in Stockholm, there was a King and Queen who had a beautiful but vain daughter named Princess Pirlipat. To celebrate the Kings birthday, the Queen made a special cake made out of blue cheese, the Kings favorite. However, the scent of the cheese drew out all the mice, who ate and destroyed the cake. The King was enraged and commanded his inventor, whose name happened to be Drosselmeier, to capture all the mice. Drosselmeier and his nephew Hans were successful in capturing all the mice except the Mouse Queen and her only son. ........
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