In this innovative version of the world famous Christmas story, The Secret of the Nutcracker tells of 12 year-old Clara's magical journey on Christmas Eve to find her father in a World War II Prisoner of War camp. Along with her mother and her two brothers, they long for some word on him, which eventually comes from an unexpected source the mysterious and magical stranger Drosselmeyer, who befriends Clara and encourages her to believe that miracles can happen.
Acting
Brian Cox phones in Drosselmeyer with weird gravitas
Production
WWII meets Christmas fantasy on clearly limited Canadian budget
Director
Eric Till
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Eric Till also directed the 1985 Anne of Green Gables, so he knows earnest Canadian children's adaptations.
This aired on CBC in 2007 and promptly vanished into holiday TV movie obscurity, though it occasionally resurfaces on free streaming sites.
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