Nutcracker
Director Andrei Konchalovsky
Elle Fanning, John Turturro, Nathan Lane, Richard E. Grant, Frances de la Tour, Charlie Rowe, Daniel Peacock, Ferenc Elek, Yuliya Vysotskaya
Tim Rice composed eight new songs for the film applying Tchaikovsky’s well-known melodies. The story takes place at the Christmas of 1920, in Vienna.
This was a mammoth production shot in studios outside of Budapest. Many of the scenes required up to 6 elements to be photographed to complete each shot, often over a period of several weeks so matching was a crucial element.