---
title: 'The Nutcracker (1973)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Boris Stepantsev'
released: '1973-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 27
genres:
  - 'Family'
countries:
  - 'Soviet Union'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-nutcracker-1973'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0928068/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Nutcracker (1973)

1973 · 27 min · Family · Soviet Union

Original title: Щелкунчик

## Synopsis

The Nutcracker is a 1973 Soviet/Russian animated film from the Soyuzmultfilm studio directed by Boris Stepantsev and based partly on Pyotr Tchaikovsky's 1892 ballet The Nutcracker, but more closely on E.T.A. Hoffmann's 1816 short story "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King" which inspired the ballet.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Boris Stepantsev](https://cinepixo.com/people/boris-stepantsev)
- **Screenplay:** [Boris Larin](https://cinepixo.com/people/boris-larin)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky](https://cinepixo.com/people/pyotr-ilyich-tchaikovsky)
- **Director of Photography:** [Mikhail Druyan](https://cinepixo.com/people/mikhail-druyan)

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