The Nutcracker
Experience the Holiday Classic as You've Never Seen it Before
Rating: 5.0 out of 10TMDB(212 votes)
Overview
On Christmas Eve in 1920s Vienna, a young girl named Mary and her brother are visited by their eccentric uncle Albert, who gifts a magical wooden nutcracker that comes to life and takes her to a fantasy world to fight the evil Rat King.
Fun facts
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Box office
Grossed $20.5M worldwide against a $90M budget
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Based on
Based on The Nutcracker
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Setting
Set in Vienna
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Music
Music by Eduard Artemyev
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Mike Southon
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Andrei KonchalovskyWriter
- Chris SolimineWriter
- E. T. A. HoffmannStory
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- November 24, 2010
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $90M
- Revenue
- $20.5M
- Countries
- United Kingdom, Hungary
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In the United States
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Cast
Elle FanningMary
Nathan LaneUncle Albert
John TurturroThe Rat King
Frances de la TourThe Rat Queen / Frau Eva
Charlie RoweThe Prince / Nicholas Charles- Aaron Michael DrozinMax
Richard E. GrantFather
Yuliya VysotskayaMother / The Snow Fairy
Jonny CoyneGnomad
Shirley HendersonThe Nutcracker (voice)- Richard PhilippsDr. Freud
Fernanda DorogiDr. Freud's Niece- Kriszta DorogiDr. Freud's Niece
Dániel MogácsTrolley Bus Orchestra Conductor- Stuart HoppsButler / The Rat Queen's Servant
Daniel PeacockGielgud
Peter ElliottGielgud
Alan CoxGielgud (voice)
Hugh SachsTinker- Africa NileSticks
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