The Nutcracker and the Mouse King
2 hrs. 37 min.
Language
Russian
Author
E.T.A. Hoffmann
Author
E.T.A. Hoffmann
Narrator
Oleg Anofriev
Narrator
Oleg Anofriev
Description
This is a fairy tale about children waiting for their gifts on Christmas. About a beautiful princess made ugly because of the mischief of a mouse queen. About a simple young man who returned the princess her beauty, but himself turned into a wooden puppet.
And about the fact that the love of a little girl can work wonders—remove evil spells from the bewitched young man and help turn the wooden Nutcracker into a wonderful prince.
There is a version that when the fairy tale’s author was 31, he fell in love with a 15-year-old girl and sealed his suffering in this story. At the end of the 19th century, Tchaikovsky writes the ballet “The Nutcracker” to the libretto by Marius Petipa.
And about the fact that the love of a little girl can work wonders—remove evil spells from the bewitched young man and help turn the wooden Nutcracker into a wonderful prince.
There is a version that when the fairy tale’s author was 31, he fell in love with a 15-year-old girl and sealed his suffering in this story. At the end of the 19th century, Tchaikovsky writes the ballet “The Nutcracker” to the libretto by Marius Petipa.
