Christmas fantasy The Nutcracker has begun principal photography in St. Petersburg. The film is produced by Central Partnership, Kinoslovo, and TRITE Studio, with support of the Cinema Fund of Russia.

The film is inspired by E. T. A. Hoffmann’s fairy tale The Nutcracker and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s ballet based on it.

Directed by Felix Umarov (The Poet).

Cast: Mark Eydelshteyn (Franz), Sofia Lopunova (Marie), Svetlana Khodchenkova (Madame Drosselmeyer), Anna Zavtur (Pirlpat), Timofey Timkov (Ludwig), Evgeny Mironov (Tchaikovsky), Alexey Kolgan (Orshad), Alexander Ilyin (the Emperor), Maksim Khanzhov (Krakatuk), and others.