Christopher Saunders Movies

The Royal Ballet brings their annual presentation of The Nutcracker to life, streamed in cinemas throughout the world.

Inspired by dark and gripping real life events, this Royal Ballet classic depicts the sexual and morbid obsessions of Crown Prince Rudolf leading to the murder-suicide scandal with his mistress Mary Vetsera. The oppressive glamour of the Austro-Hungarian court in the 1880s sets the scene for a...