Summaries

Surreal Soviet-era Christmas fantasy movie.

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.—Peter-Patrick76 ([email protected])

Details

Keywords
  • 18th century
  • village
  • saint petersburg russia
  • affection
  • russian empire
Genres
  • Comedy
  • Fantasy
  • Romance
Release date Jan 7, 1962
Countries of origin Soviet Union
Language Russian Ukrainian
Filming locations Kola Peninsula, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
Production companies Kinostudiya imeni M. Gorkogo

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Tech specs

Runtime 1h 8m
Color Color
Sound mix Mono
Aspect ratio 1.37 : 1

Synopsis

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