The Nutcracker (1994)

It is Christmas Eve, and the Stahlbaum family is happily unwrapping their Christmas gifts. After all the merriment, seven-year-old Marie receives a very special gift--a mysterious Nutcracker--from her beloved Godfather Drosselmeier. When the house falls dark and silent, Marie discovers that this is no ordinary Nutcracker, but Godfather Drosselmeier's nephew, who was transformed into a wooden toy by the curse of the evil Madame Mouserink. To break the curse, the Nutcracker must win the love of Marie and defeat the malicious, seven-headed Mouse King.

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Top billed cast

Andrea LibmanMarie (voice) (as Andrean Libman)
Tony Ail(voice)
Nathan Aswell(voice)
Kathleen Barr(voice)
Lillian Carlson(voice) (as Lilliam Carlson)
Garry Chalk(voice) (as Gary Chalk)
Ian James Corlett(voice) (as Ian Corlett)
Michael Donovan(voice)
Kent Gallie(voice)
Philip Maurice Hayes(voice) (as Phil Hayes)

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