Barbie in the Nutcracker

2001 CGI-animated film

Key facts

Directed by: Owen Hurley
Written by: Linda Engelsiepen Hilary Hinkle
Screenplay by: Rob Hudnut
Based on: " The Nutcracker and the Mouse King ", by E. T. A. Hoffmann The Nutcracker , by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Produced by: Jesyca C. Durchin Jennifer Twiner McCaron
Starring: Kelly Sheridan Tim Curry Kirby Morrow Chantal Strand
Edited by: Anne Hoerber
Music by: Arnie Roth
Production companies: Mainframe Entertainment Mattel Entertainment
Distributed by: North America :, Artisan Home Entertainment ( Family Home Entertainment ), Overseas :, Universal Pictures Video , UK and Ireland :, Right Entertainment
Release date: October 2, 2001 ( 2001-10-02 ) (VHS)

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Barbie in the Nutcracker is a 2001 animated fantasy film co-produced by Mainframe Entertainment and Mattel Entertainment, and distributed by Artisan Home Entertainment.

Loosely adapted from E. T. A. Hoffmann's 1816 short story, "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King", and featuring music based from Tchaikovsky's 1892 ballet, The Nutcracker, it marked the character's first film since the 1987 television specials; Barbie and the Rockers: Out of This World and Barbie and the Sensations: Rockin' Back to Earth, with Kelly Sheridan providing the voice of Barbie. It was also the first Barbie movie to be computer-animated.