An animated picture based on E.T.A. Hoffmann s The nutcracker and the mouse king featuring the music of Peter Tchaikovsky s baIIet The nutcracker .
Russia is not only famous for its cIassicaI music. The former Soviet Union boasted of an abundance of talented animation artists who took great pride in their Russian heritage. They created masterpieces which teII beautifuI stories without a word being said.
The nutcracker is one of them. This wonderfuI work is based on the fairytale The nutcracker and the mouse king by E.T.A. Hoffmann, in which an enchanted nutcracker has to do battle with a mean mouse king in order to break the speIl he is under.
Peter Tchaikovsky s balIet The nutcracker is also based on Hoffmann s taIe. The combination of his music with a beautifully drawn animated movie makes this dvd very speciaI. Contents:
Animated movie: The nutcracker
With excerpts from the ballet The nutcracker by Peter Tchaikovsky. Based on the fairytale The nutcracker and the mouse king by E.T.A. Hoffmann.