Nutcracker Fantasy is a Japanese-American stop motion animated film produced by Sanrio, very loosely based on Tchaikovsky's 1892 ballet The Nutcracker and E.T.A. Hoffmann's 1816 story "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King". It is directed by Takeo Nakamura and written by Shintaro Tsuji, Eugene A. Fournier and Thomas Joachim. It was officially released in Japan on March 3, 1979 and later in the United States on July 6, 1979. The film was nominated for the 1980 Saturn Award for Best Fantasy Film and the 1980 Young Artist Award for Best Motion Picture featuring youth and won the 1980 Young Artist Award for Best Musical Entertainment.
Nutcracker Fantasy (1979)
Directed by Takeo Nakamura
Genres - Animation, Family, Fantasy |
Sub-Genres - Christmas Film |
Release Date - Mar 3, 1979 |
Run Time - 82 min. |
MPAA Rating - G
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Best Fantasy Film, Hello Kitty, The Nutcracker, Video Tokyo Production, Young Artist Award
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Alternate Titles
Diótörő fantázia
HU
Kurumi-wari Ningyou
JP
Nutcracker Fantasy
AU, GB, US
くるみ割り人形（1979）
JP