The Night Before Christmas (1961 film) explained

The Night Before Christmas
Director:Aleksandr Rou
Starring:Alexander Khvylya
Lyudmila Myznikova
Yuri Tavrov
Lyudmila Khityaeva
Sergey Martinson
Anatoly Kubatsky
Georgy Millyar
Music:Arkadi Filippenko
Cinematography:Dmitri Surensky
Editing:Kseniya Blinova
Studio:Gorky Film Studio
Runtime:69 minutes
Country:Soviet Union
Language:Russian

The Night Before Christmas, also known as Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka (Russian: Вечера на хуторе близ Диканьки|Vechera na khutore bliz Dikanki), is a 1961 Soviet 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.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: «Вечера на хуторе близ Диканьки». Фильмы. Энциклопедия отечественного кино. 2013-07-23. https://www.webcitation.org/6IPTwzXyn?url=http://old.russiancinema.ru/template.php?dept_id=3. 2013-07-26.
  2. Book: 9785043485441. В гостях у сказки Александра Роу. Родина. 2021. 2021-07-27. Сергей Капков.
  3. Web site: Новый год в лицах: Вечера на хуторе близ Диканьки . Елена Антонова. Christmasheaven.ru . 2014-05-21 . 2013-10-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131020070506/http://www.christmasheaven.ru/articles.php?article_id=22.