Mikhail Baryshnikov's Stories from My Childhood — Season 1, Episode 11: The Nutcracker

Episode synopsis

This version differs from the traditional story but still featuring Tchaikovsky's classic music as well as an original score. Marie is a servant girl, not one of the well-off children eagerly receiving gifts on Christmas Eve. She finds the broken nutcracker, Nathaniel, who comes to life when she kisses him and tells her how the wicked mouse queen enchanted him as a nutcracker. Marie is the heroine of the battle between the nutcracker prince and the mouse king. The triumphant prince is restored to his normal form and takes Marie to his magical kingdom.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1The Snow Queen
• E2The Wild Swans
• E3Alice and the Mystery of the Third Planet
• E4Ivan and His Magic Pony
• E5Pinocchio and the Golden Key
• E6Cinderella & The House on Chicken Legs
• E7The Twelve Months & The Snow Girl
• E8The Last Petal
• E9When Wishes Come True
• E10Beauty and the Beast (A Tale of the Crimson Flower)
• E12The Prince and the Swan
• E13The Golden Rooster