

The group narrowly escapes the Mouse King's army when they are saved by Major Mint and Captain Candy, who lead a small group of villagers in hiding. The children tell them that the rightful heir to the throne, Prince Eric, has gone missing. The two journey to a gingerbread village, where they meet two children and the horse Marzipan. They escape with the help of a group of snow fairies and enter the Nutcracker's home of Parthenia. Through a portal in a mouse hole, The Nutcracker and Clara land in an ice cave. The owl gives Clara a locket from an ornament figurine that will send her back home when she opens it. The wise owl of the grandfather clock reveals that the Sugarplum Princess is also the only one who can make Clara her original size again. The Nutcracker explains that he needs to find the Sugarplum Princess, the only person who can defeat the Mouse King's magic. The Mouse King shrinks her down to his size, though he is unable to defeat them and temporarily retreats. Clara falls asleep by the Christmas tree and awakens to see her Nutcracker suddenly alive and fighting an army of mice led by the wicked Mouse King.

Clara receives a Nutcracker from her aunt who claims it contains the heart of a prince. On Christmas Eve, they receive a surprise visit from their Aunt Elizabeth. The story is told by Barbie to her younger sister, Kelly, who is having trouble rehearsing a ballet solo and fears going onstage.Ī girl named Clara lives with Drosselmeyer, her stern grandfather, and Tommy, her younger brother. It won the Video Premiere Award for Best Animated Video Premiere Movie. The film sold more than 3.4 million units on DVD by 2002, and grossed $150 million in total sales. before being subsequently released overseas through Entertainment Rights and Universal Pictures Video.

and was also the first Barbie movie to be computer-animated.īarbie in the Nutcracker premiered on VHS on Octoby Artisan, followed up with a DVD release a few weeks later on October 23rd. 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. Barbie in the Nutcracker is a 2001 computer-animated fantasy film co-produced by Mainframe Entertainment and Mattel Entertainment, and distributed by Artisan Home Entertainment.
