THE NUTCRACKER

A prosperous Christmas with the Stahlbaum family. Family and friends decorate the Christmas tree together. When the tree is ready, the children are called. Clara and Fritz Stahlbaum admire the decorations. The party begins and the children receive presents. When the old grandfather clock shows eight o'clock, a mysterious figure enters the room. It's Drosselmeyer, Clara's godfather. Drosselmeyer is a magician and talented toy maker. He brought four lifelike dolls. The dolls perform a dance, after which they disappear for safe storage.

The children are disappointed, but Drosselmeyer has another gift for them: a wooden nutcracker doll. Everyone ignores the Nutcracker except Clara. She immediately adores the doll. However, Fritz makes the Nutcracker on purpose. his voice makes Clara sad. Clara cannot sleep at night. She returns to the living room to find her nutcracker. When she finds him, the clock strikes midnight. Drosselmeyer appears on top of the grandfather clock to sit. Suddenly the room fills with mice. The Christmas tree goes up enormously and the nutcracker doll grows to human size. Before she realizes what has happened, Clara finds herself in the middle of a battle between an army of gingerbread soldiers and mice. The mice, led by the Mouse King, begin eating the gingerbread soldiers. The Nutcracker sends reinforcements in the form of tin soldiers and dolls. When the Mouse King plans to attack, the injured Nutcracker manages to stab him and the Mouse King retreats. Clara stopped the attack by throwing her slipper. The mice retreat.