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: 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. Tom and Jerry: A Nutcracker Tale:  Animation and directed by Spike Brandt and Tony Cervone. Tom and Jerry: A Nutcracker Tale:  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. The Nutcracker and the Mouse King: "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.
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