Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka

Name: Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka
Director: Aleksandr Rou
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Released: 1962-01-08
Rating: 7.4
Cast: Aleksandr Khvylya, Lyudmila Myznikova, Yuri Tavrov, Lyudmila Khityaeva

IMDb link: 0057637
IMDb rating: 7.4 (2,456 votes)
Genres: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Director: Aleksandr Rou
Cast: Aleksandr Khvylya, Lyudmila Myznikova, Yuri Tavrov, Lyudmila Khityaeva and others

Release date: 8 Jan 1962
Release year: 1962
Runtime: 68 minutes
Country: Soviet Union
Keywords: saint petersburg russia, village, russian empire, 18th century, affection, christmas, witch, ukraine, test, snow

Plot:

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.

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