Hiddensee recreates the backstory of the Nutcracker, reimaging how this entrancing creature came to be carved and how it magically guided an ailing little girl named Klara through a dreamy paradise on a snowy Christmas Eve. It also brings to life the mysterious godfather Drosselmeier the ominous, canny, one-eyed toymaker made immortal by Petipa and Tchaikovsky's ballet who presents the once and future Nutcracker to Klara, his goddaughter.