The nutcracker

Author

Tony Charmoli

Call Number

• DVD 792.842 N9761B (CEN)

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Performers

Mikhail Baryshnikov, Gelsey Kirkland, Alexander Minz, George De La Pena, Norman Rose.

Publication Information

West Long Branch, NJ : Kultur, [2004]

Physical Description

1 videodisc (78 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

From an imperial-era Russian Christmas party, a young girl named Clara is whisked in her dreams to an imaginary world populated by the animated creations of the wizard toy maker Drosselmeier. Clara innocently develops a crush on the imaginary Nutcracker prince. Upon her arrival in the Land of the Sweets, she dances a yearning pas de deux with the Nutcracker Prince.

Notes

DVD format, Region 1 ; Dolby digital 5.1/Dolby 2.0.

Videodisc release of the 1977 television production.

Based on the story "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King" by E.T.A. Hoffmann.

"The Baryshnikov collection"

Not rated.

Presented in a full screen format (4:3).