Tom and Jerry: A Nutcracker Tale is loosely based on a story by a man who had what nationality?
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. 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.
Yuriy Norshteyn Yuriy Borisovich Norshteyn, PAR (Russian: Ю́рий Бори́сович Норште́йн ), or Yuri Norstein (born 15 September 1941), is a Soviet and Russian animator best known for his animated shorts, "Hedgehog in the Fog" and "Tale of Tales". Since 1981 he has been working on a feature film called "The Overcoat", based on the short story by Nikolai Gogol of the same name. According to the "Washington Post", "He is considered by many to be not just the best animator of his era, but the best of all time".