The Night Before Christmas

The Night Before Christmas (1961)

08 Jan 1962 • Comedy, Fantasy, Romance • 1h 8m
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A film adaptation of Nikolay Vasilyevich Gogol's novel "The Night Before Christmas" from the series "Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka" was staged by Aleksandr Rou, the "master of film fairy-tale". A fairy tale story is played out that happened on a farm near Dikanka on the night before Christmas, when village blacksmith Vakula, riding a devil, brought Tsarina's shoes to his beloved Oksana, the daughter of a rich Cossack Chub, from St. Petersburg.

Aleksandr Rou
Director
Nikolay Gogol, Aleksandr Rou
Writer
Aleksandr Khvylya, Lyudmila Myznikova, Yuri Tavrov
Starring

Language: Russian, Ukrainian
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Country: Soviet Union
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7.5

IMDb (2141 votes)
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