Approved third parties also use these tools in connection with our display of ads.Sorry, there was a problem saving your cookie preferences. However, when she retrieves the unawakened toy, the Mouse King has escaped and threatens to harm her kitten, Pavlova, if she doesn't hand the Nutcracker over. I have just received my copy of the DVD - it is a cartoon, an animated film, and does not feature any of the ballet dancers mentioned in the write-up. Suggested by AuxiliaryMode Run with Us Productions; Show more Show less. 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. He eventually learned that the fabled Krakatooth Nut can cure her, on the condition that it is cracked open in the teeth of a young man who is not wearing boots. However, the scent of the cheese drew out all the mice, who ate and destroyed the cake. Clara wakes up to find herself back home, and there is no sign of the events that she has experienced except her brother's statement that the family discovered a dead mouse near the castle.
Chloe decides to audition with him to calm his nerves. Suddenly the Mouse King arrives, intent on getting his revenge on the Nutcracker for his injured tail. Before he could go after the Nutcracker once more, Clara tricks him, briefly trapping him for the moment. He manages to crack the nut open between his teeth and gives it to Perlipat. He eventually learned that the fabled Krakatooth Nut can cure her, on the condition that it is cracked open in the teeth of a young man who has never worn boots. It was directed by Paul Schibli. Learn more. Along the way he must defeat the malicious, seven-headed Mouse King and overcome other impossible hurdles. Once upon a time there was a King and Queen who had a beautiful but vain daughter named Princess Pirlipat. Drosselmeier introduces the boy as Hans, whom Clara recognizes as being her Nutcracker in human form. Drosselmeier visits with the repaired but now lifeless Nutcracker, giving only vague answers to Clara's questions about the previous night. The film was released on VHS and Laserdisc in the 1991 Christmas holiday season, using the exact U.S. release.
Clara pulls herself back up and finds the castle is completely abandoned. The Nutcracker Prince is a 1990 Canadian animated fantasy film produced by Lacewood Productions and released by Warner Bros. Pictures and directed by Paul Schibli.
Drosselmeier and his nephew Hans were successful in capturing all the mice except the Mouse Queen and her only son.
Clara sadly refuses, saying that she has to return home and grow up. Suddenly, Drosselmeier reappears and the toys awaken once more. When everyone see that Pantaloon has been injured in the fight, they have to return to the Land of the Dolls to revive him. When the house falls dark and silent, Marie discovers that this is no ordinary Nutcracker, but Godfather Drosselmeier's nephew. A-troupe take the stage in the next chapter of their dance careers. Drosselmeier is exiled from the kingdom for trying to pass a "Nutcracker as a son-in-law", while the King and Queen celebrate with their cured daughter.
As he strikes, he falls off the castle to his death in the river below, almost taking Clara with him. That night, when everyone has gone to sleep, Clara ventures into the sitting room to dance with her Nutcracker and introduces him to her dolls, Trudy, Marie and Pantaloon, an old general in Fritz's toy soldier army. "Animated re-telling of the classic story about the Nutcracker Prince and his attempts to win the love of Marie, break the curse of the evil Madame Mouserik, and return to human form.
However, the scent of the blue cheese drew out out all the mice, who eat and destroy cake. Sound Effects Used Disney Fireworks (1961-2010) (Used as Drosselmeyer enters the banquet with his toy castle. Drosselmeier and his nephew Hans were successful in capturing all the mice except the Mouse Queen and her only son. Seven-year-old Marie receives a very special gift, a mysterious Nutcracker, from her beloved Godfather Drosselmeier. The film has been released on DVD several times. The Nutcracker and all dolls in the room come to life to battle the Mouse King's army. Starring Macaulay Caulkin, Darci Kistler and Bart Robinson Cook. West enlists Chloe's help to support him.JavaScript seems to be disabled. The King was enraged and commanded his inventor, Elias Christian Drosselmeier, to capture all the mice. While playing with his toy soldiers, Clara's brother Fritz breaks the Nutcracker. Hoffmann and influenced by its ballet adaptation.
She begs him to tell her whether the fairytale he told her was true or false. Video availability outside of United Kingdom varies. The Nutcracker tries to save her, but slowly turns back into a toy himself. The Mouse Queen, who is angered by this, casts a spell on Hans, turning him into the Prince of the Dolls.
As the dolls start to turn back into inanimate toys, a dying Mouse King arrives for one last chance at revenge. The Nutcracker, who has no memories following being transformed, battles the Mouse King while the soldiers fight the mice. With Darci Kistler, Damian Woetzel, Kyra Nichols, Wendy Whelan. Please try againTravelling or based outside United Kingdom? On Christmas Eve, a …
Drosselmeier was once again given the task of figuring out how to cure her. "Hello, Clara." The Next Step. However, the Krakatooth is so hard that all the men's teeth shatter upon trying to crack it.
He survives and declares himself the Mouse King.