On Christmas Eve, Marie receives an enchanted toy as a gift from her uncle Albert. At night, it comes to life and engages in an unequal battle with the mouse army and their formidable king. Staged by Yuri Grigorovich for the Bolshoi Theatre in 1977.
Ekaterina Maksimova
Marie
Vladimir Levashyov
Drosselmeier
Sergey Radchenko
The Mouse King
Elena Vatulya
Nutcracker the Doll
Vladimir Vasiliev
Nutcracker the Prince
Olga Dobrokhotova
Narrator
Elena Macheret
Director
E. T. A. Hoffmann
Author
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Original Music Composer
Yuri Grigorovich
Choreographer
Evgeniy Talyzin
Camera Operator
Simon Virsaladze
Production Design
