Film ballet The Nutcracker (with Artists of the New York City Ballet Troupe), directed by Emile Ardolino ( USA, 1993). Full HD

The Nutcracker, also known as George Balanchine s The Nutcracker, is a 1993 American Christmas musical film based on Peter Martins s stage production of The Nutcracker and directed by Emile Ardolino. Based on the Christmas fairy tale by Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann The Nutcracker and the Mouse King (German: Nußknacker und Mausekönig) published in the collection Children s Fairy Tales (Berlin, 1816). Written by Susan Cooper (narration) Cinematography: Ralf D. Bode Produced by Robert Hurwitz, Robert A. Krasnow Kevin Kline as Narrator Starring: Darci Kistler as The Sugar Plum Fairy Damian Woetzel as The Sugar Plum Fairy s Cavalier Kyra Nichols as Dewdrop Bart Robinson Cook as Herr Drosselmeyer Macaulay Culkin as The Nutcracker, Prince, Drosselmeyer s Nephew Jessica Lynn Cohen as Marie Stahlbaum Artists of the New York City Ballet Troupe Music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Choreography by George Balanchine Release date: November 24, 1993