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Story

 The movie begins with the narrator talking about the Ragman, a creepy and mysterious old man who turns children into mice if they don't go to bed on time. The Ragman roams around the city looking through windows of people's houses, spying on sleeping children. A little boy is up past his bedtime reading, then the Ragman comes and turns the boy into a mouse. After the opening, Clara and her aunt Gerda are in Clara's bedroom, and Clara is talking about how excited she is about her cousin, Franz coming over. Aunt Gerda tells Clara to get into bed or else the Ragman will come and turn Clara into a mouse. The door slowly opens, frightening Clara and Aunt Gerda, and a tall figure is behind the door, and they fear it's the Ragman. But it's only Clara's uncle Drosselmeyer. After Uncle Drosselmeyer and Aunt Gerda's conversation, Drosselmeyer talks to Clara and presents to her, a gift: a wooden nutcracker doll. Clara simply adores her new nutcracker, and she and Drosselmeyer talk about fantasy and love. Aunt Gerda tells it's time for Clara to sleep, and so Uncle Drosselmeyer says good night to Clara and exits, saying "Tick, tock, tee..." over and over. 

Story to be continued.

Voice Cast (in order of appearance)

• Michele Lee- Narrator
• Melissa Gilbert- Clara
• Lurene Tuttle- Aunt Gerda
• Christopher Lee- Uncle Drosselmeyer, Puppeteer, Street Singer, Watchmaker
• Jo Anne Worley- Queen Morphia
• Dick Van Patten- King Goodwin
• Roddy McDowall- Franz Fritz
• Eva Gabor- The Queen of Time

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Trivia

• Nutcracker Fantasy has often been mistaken to be a Rankin-Bass production, due to its similar use of stop-motion Animagic animation. Coincidentally, Nutcracker Fantasy 's director, Takeo Nakamura, worked as an animator on the Rankin-Bass special, Santa Claus is Comin' to Town.