Musical Tales

This beautifully animated puppet film presents four of your favourite stories set to the great classical music of Tschaikovsky, Stravinsky and Delibes. Featurees “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King”, “Petrushka”, “Coppelia” and “Sleeping Beauty”.

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Credits

co-producer

BBC-TV

John Hosier

Elizabeth Bennett

Duration

01:07:00:00

Production places

United Kingdom

Production dates

1988

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

324556

Language

English

Subject categories

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Puppet films

Childrens Films

Childrens Films → Puppet films

Music & Performing Arts → Ballet

Music & Performing Arts → Puppet films

Television

Television → Television programs → Television programs - Great Britain

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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United Kingdom, 1988

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