A Night Before Christmas
Also known as Vechera na khutore bliz Dikanki, Night Before Christmas, Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka
1961 film by Alexander Arturowitsch Rou
Film · TMDB
7.2The story that happened on the farm near Dikanka on the night before Christmas, when the village blacksmith Vakula, having saddled the Devil, brought to his beloved Oksana, the daughter of a rich Cossack Chub, queen's "сherevichki"(the little women shoes) from the capital — St. Petersburg.
Released: 1961-12-1566 minDir: Aleksandr RouComedy, Fantasy, Romance
Cast
- Aleksandr Khvylia as казак Чуб, кум
- Lyudmila Myznikova as Оксана, дочь Чуба
- Yuri Tavrov as Вакула, кузнец (озв. Владимир Кашпур)
- Lyudmila Khityaeva as Солоха, мать Вакулы
- Sergei Martinson as Осип Никифорович, дьяк
- Anatoliy Kubatskiy as кум Панас
Themes
- based on novel or book
- village
- ukrainian folklore
- ukrainian culture
Gallery (6)
Available in 15 languages
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1960s children's fantasy films1960s Christmas films1960s fantasy comedy films1960s romantic fantasy films1961 films1961 Russian-language films1961 Soviet filmsFilms based on fairy talesFilms based on works by Nikolai GogolFilms directed by Aleksandr RouFilms set in Saint PetersburgFilms set in the 1770s