Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 75 min
- Age rating
- G
- Language
- English
- Country
- Canada
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
The story
After young Clara receives a wooden nutcracker as a Christmas gift, she dreams about a fantastical battle between her Nutcracker Prince and the evil Mouse King. At stake is the Nutcracker's freedom - and Clara's future happiness.
- holiday
- musical
- christmas
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Kiefer Sutherland
Nutcracker Prince (voice)
Megan Follows
Clara (voice)
Mike MacDonald
Mouseking (voice)
Peter O'Toole
Pantaloon (voice)
- Phyllis Diller — Mousequeen (voice)
- Peter Boretski — Uncle Drosselmeier (voice)
- Stephanie Morgenstern — Louise (voice)
- George Merner — Dr. Stahlbaum (voice)
- Lynne Gorman — Trudy (voice)
- Christopher Owens — Erik (voice)
- Noam Zylberman — Fritz (voice)
- Marvin Goldhar — Mr. Schaeffer / Other voicers
- Len Carlson — King / Other voices
- Elizabeth Hanna — Mrs. Schaeffer / Marie / Other voices
- Susan Roman — Mrs. Miller / Other voices
- Directed
- Paul Schibli
- Written
- Patricia Watson, E. T. A. Hoffmann
Production
- Rating
- 6.5 / 10 · 84 ratings
- Studio
- Lacewood Productions, Hinton Animation Studios, The Ontario Film Development Corporation, Allied Filmmakers
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 · 1993The Nutcracker
The closest of them.
'Twas the Night Before Christmas
movie · 1974
Tom and Jerry: A Nutcracker Tale
movie · 2007
Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas
movie · 1997
The Prince and the Pauper
movie · 1990
Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey
movie · 2020
A Christmas Prince: The Royal Baby
movie · 2019
Fantasia
movie · 1940