[PAR] [TLE] Tom and Jerry: A Nutcracker Tale [SEP] Tom and Jerry: A Nutcracker Tale is a 2007 animated holiday themed fantasy comedy direct-to-video film starring "Tom and Jerry" produced by Warner Bros.  Animation and directed by Spike Brandt and Tony Cervone.  It is loosely based on the story "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King" by E. T. A. Hoffmann, with Jerry in the role of the Nutcracker, while Tom played one of the King Mouse's (who, in this version, is replaced with a cat) henchmen. [PAR] [TLE] The Nutcracker and the Mouse King [SEP] "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King" (German: "Nussknacker und Mausekönig" ) is a story written in 1816 by German author E. T. A. Hoffmann, in which young Marie Stahlbaum's favorite Christmas toy, the Nutcracker, comes alive and, after defeating the evil Mouse King in battle, whisks her away to a magical kingdom populated by dolls.  In 1892, the Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and choreographers Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov turned Alexandre Dumas père's adaptation of the story into the ballet "The Nutcracker", which became one of Tchaikovsky's most famous compositions, and perhaps the most popular ballet in the world.
[PAR] [TLE] Tom and Jerry : A Nutcracker Tale [ SEP ] Tom and Jerry : A Nutcracker Tale is a 2007 animated holiday themed fantasy comedy direct - to - video film starring " Tom and Jerry " produced by Warner Bros. Animation and directed by Spike Brandt and Tony Cervone . It is loosely based on the story " The Nutcracker and the Mouse King " by E. T. A. Hoffmann , with Jerry in the role of the Nutcracker , while Tom played one of the King Mouse 's ( who , in this version , is replaced with a cat ) henchmen . [PAR] [TLE] The Nutcracker and the Mouse King [ SEP ] " The Nutcracker and the Mouse King " ( German : " Nussknacker und Mausekönig " ) is a story written in 1816 by German author E. T. A. Hoffmann , in which young Marie Stahlbaum 's favorite Christmas toy , the Nutcracker , comes alive and , after defeating the evil Mouse King in battle , whisks her away to a magical kingdom populated by dolls . In 1892 , the Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and choreographers Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov turned Alexandre Dumas père 's adaptation of the story into the ballet " The Nutcracker " , which became one of Tchaikovsky 's most famous compositions , and perhaps the most popular ballet in the world .
Tom and Jerry: A Nutcracker Tale is loosely based on a story by a man who had what nationality?
Tom and Jerry : A Nutcracker Tale is loosely based on a story by a man who had what nationality ?
German
German