Roman Shirman

Something wonderful and terrifying happens to the girl Masha on the night before New Year’s. She will find herself in a fairy‑tale Christmas‑tree kingdom, where she will meet the King and the Queen, whom she will recognize as her father and stepmother; in the thicket, vicious and treacherous rats will be hiding. She will learn that once a year, on New Year’s Eve, the magical Krakatuk nut ripens here, and it can grant the most сокровенное wish. And Masha will also meet the ugly and unhappy Nutcracker in this fairy‑tale forest, and she will manage to free him from evil spells…