The Nutcracker 1985

The Nutcracker (1985) is a TV Movie and Family film from United Kingdom in the lookmovie catalog, running 1h 39m. Directed by John Vernon, it features Lesley Collier and Anthony Dowell. Viewers rate it 6/10 from 4 votes. Sir Peter Wright’s 1984 version of The Nutcracker for The Royal Ballet, still performed by the Company, stays close to Hoffmann’s original tale. It emphasises Drosselmeyer’s mission to find a young girl – Clara – who can break the curse imposed by the Mouse King on his nephew Hans Peter and thus restore him to human form. References to Nuremberg and German Christmas traditions are present in the settings, with a kingdom of marzipan featured in Act 2.