The Night Before Christmas (1961 film)

The Night Before Christmas
Directed byAleksandr Rou
Written byAleksandr Rou
Based on"Christmas Eve"
by Nikolai Gogol
StarringAlexander Khvylya
Lyudmila Myznikova
Yuri Tavrov
Lyudmila Khityaeva
Sergey Martinson
Anatoly Kubatsky
Georgy Millyar
CinematographyDmitri Surensky
Edited byKseniya Blinova
Music byArkadi Filippenko
Production
company
Release date
  • December 1961 (1961-12)
Running time
69 minutes
CountrySoviet Union
LanguageRussian

The Night Before Christmas, also known as Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka (Russian: Вечера на хуторе близ Диканьки, romanized: Vechera na khutore bliz Dikanki), is a 1961 fantasy film directed by Aleksandr Rou,[1] based on a "Christmas Eve", first story in the second volume of the 1832 collection Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka by Nikolai Gogol.[2]

Plot

This eccentric and fantastical fairy tale takes place near the village of Dikanka on the night before Christmas. Amid carol singing, drunken revelry, and amorous hijinks, the blacksmith Vakula persuades the Devil to fly him to Saint Petersburg, where he hopes to obtain a pair of the Empress's heels which might win him Oksana's love.

Cast

Soundtrack

References

  1. ^ ""Вечера на хуторе близ Диканьки"". Фильмы. Энциклопедия отечественного кино. Archived from the original on 2013-07-26. Retrieved 2013-07-23.
  2. ^ Сергей Капков (2021). В гостях у сказки Александра Роу. Родина. ISBN 9785043485441. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
  3. ^ Елена Антонова. "Новый год в лицах: Вечера на хуторе близ Диканьки". Christmasheaven.ru. Archived from the original on 2013-10-20. Retrieved 2014-05-21.


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