The Night Before Christmas (1961 film)

The Night Before Christmas
Directed by	Aleksandr Rou
Written by	Nikolai Gogol (story Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka) Aleksandr Rou (writer)
Starring	Alexander Khvylya
Music by	Arkadi Filippenko
Cinematography	Dmitri Surensky
Edited by	Kseniya Blinova
Release dates	1961 (1961)
Running time	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, translit. Vechera na khutore bliz Dikanki) is a 1961 Soviet fantasy film directed by Aleksandr Rou based on a collection of short stories, Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka, by Nikolai Gogol.

Cast

• Aleksandr Khvylya as Chub
• Lyudmyla Myznikova as Oksana
• Yuri Tavrov as Vakula
• Lyudmyla Khityayeva as Solokha
• Sergei Martinson as Osip, the Sacristan
• Anatoly Kubatsky as Panas
• Vera Altayskaya as Wife of Panas
• Dmitri Kapka as Shanuvalenko
• Mykola Yakovchenko as Patsyuk
• Maryna Sidorchuk as Odarka
• Aleksandr Radunsky as The Head
• Georgi Millyar as The Devil
• Aleksei Smirnov
• Mikhail Troyanovsky
• Aleksandr Demyanenko

External links

• The Night Before Christmas at the Internet Movie Database
• The Night Before Christmas is available for free download at the Internet Archive