Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 92 min
- Age rating
- G
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
The story
On Christmas Eve, a little girl named Marie falls asleep and dreams herself into a fantastic world in which her toys become larger than life. She meets up with the Nutcracker Prince who takes her on a journey to his kingdom and defends her from the Mouse King.
- ballet
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Kevin Kline
Narrator (voice)
Macaulay Culkin
The Nutcracker Prince
Marina Squerciati
Mouse / Polichinelle
Alex Wiesendanger
Child
- Zoe Zien — Angel / Soldier
- Lauren D'Avella — Soldier
- Peter Reznick — Fritz
- Darci Kistler — The Sugarplum Fairy
- Damian Woetzel — The Sugarplum Fairy's Cavalier
- Bart Robinson Cook — Drosselmeier
- Kyra Nichols — Dewdrop
- Jessica Lynn Cohen — Marie Stahlbaum
- Wendy Whelan — Coffee
- Margaret Tracey — Marzipan
- Gen Horiuchi — Tea
- Directed
- Emile Ardolino
- Written
- Susan Cooper, E. T. A. Hoffmann
Production
- Rating
- 5.8 / 10 · 61 ratings
- Studio
- Regency Enterprises, Elektra Entertainment Group
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
movie · 1990The Nutcracker Prince
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Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey
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