The use of the music in this animated film is gloriously woven into the storyline. Not even one as regal as Tenzin Niles. The film was based on the story The Nutcracker and the Mouse King by E. T. A. Hoffmann and also influenced by its ballet adaptation The Nutcracker. The Nutcracker Prince G | 1h 15min | Animation , Adventure , Family | 21 November 1990 (USA) An adaption of the classic tale of a girl's dreams turned reality when her new toy turns out to be a young man placed under a curse. Sutherland had also starred in The Nutcracker Prince as Hans/The Nutcracker. As punishment for his good deed, the Mouse Queen managed to transform Hans into a nutcracker (prince of the dolls) before her death; the same nutcracker Drosselmeier gives to Clara that day. The Nutcracker faces the Mouse King in single combat and defeats him, but Pantaloon is damaged while trying to help him. The Nutcracker Prince is a 1990 animated romantic fantasy film made by Lacewood Productions and released by Warner Bros. Pictures. Enraged at it, the King commanded Drosselmeier, his inventor, to capture all the mice; Drosselmeier and his nephew, Hans, succeeded, but the Mouse Queen and her son escaped. On April 2, 2007, it was released in on DVD for the second time in the United Kingdom by Boulevard Entertainment. Source Hans, also known as The Nutcracker is the titular main protagonist in the 1990 Warner Bros. animated film The Nutcracker Prince. He is voiced by Kiefer Sutherland. However, the Mouse King, though critically wounded, has survived the duel and pursues them. However, Clara must chose between the dreamworld of her new companion and his adventures or her real world where the dreams and adventures of growing up still await her. I probably won't rate Nutcracker Prince until I do a re-read because my feelings might have changed in the years since reading. In the middle of the night, Clara returns to the living room to spend time with the Nutcracker, when suddenly the Mouse King and an army of mice appear. If the prince of the dolls can defeat the Mouse King and win the hand of a fair maiden, it can break the curse upon him. Now free of his domineering mother, he made himself King of the Mice and swore revenge on Hans, while Drosselmeier was exiled by the ungrateful King. THE NUTCRACKER PRINCE (1990) "A girl named Clara iss gifted a special nutcracker by her toymaking uncle. When he was still a mouse prince, he along with his mom, the Mouse Queen and the mouse clan stole some blue cheesecake from the queen who planned to make some for her king. Wikipedia. That night, the Mouse King returns, angry about Clara's interference. The Nutcracker Prince tells of Claire, the young girl of an upper-class rural German speaking home (in which country the story takes place is never made clear). 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