The Night Before Christmas (film)

Movie
German title	The night before Christmas
Original title	Вечера на хуторе близ Диканьки (Wetschera na chutore blis Dikanki)
Country of production	Soviet Union
original language	Russian
Publishing year	1962
length	61 minutes
Rod
Director	Alexander Rou
script	Alexander Rou
production	Film studio Maxim Gorky Moscow
music	Arkadi Filippenko
camera	Dmitri Surensky
occupation
Alexander Chwylja : Tschub Lyudmila Mysnikova : Oxana Yuri Tawrow : Blacksmith Wakula Lyudmila Chitjaeva : Solocha Sergei Martinson : sexton Ossip Nikiforowitsch Anatoli Kubazki : Godfather Panas M. Sidorschuk: Odarka Alexander Radunski : community elder Georgi Milljar : Devil Vera Altaiskaya : Panas' wife Dmitri Kapka : Shapuwalenko Nikolai Yakovchenko : Pazjuk Irina Mursajewa : woman from the village Alexei Smirnov : Envoy Soja Wassilkowa : Tsarina Katharina II. Yuri Chekulyev : Prince Potemkin Mikhail Trojanowski : old man in the house Mikhail Vasilyev : Cossack Andrei Demjanenko : Cossack Swerbygus Lidija Koroljowa : Woman with a purple nose Jakow Belenki : Councilor (vote) Yevgeny Grigoryev

The night before Christmas (Original title: Russian Вечера на хуторе близ Диканьки , Wetschera na chutore blis Dikanki ) is a Soviet fairy tale film by Alexander Rou from 1962, which follows the story of the same name by Nikolai Gogol .

action

On the night before Christmas, the capable blacksmith Wakula wants to win the heart of the beautiful Oxana, but the snooty one only mocks him and explains that she will only take him as a husband if he brings her the same shoes as the tsarina . The offended Wakula then gets involved with the devil , whom he uses a beating to force him to fly to St. Petersburg . Once there, he dares to ask the Tsarina in an audience what her shoes are made of, since he wants to give his bride some for the wedding. Delighted by his loyalty, the tsarina gives him her shoes, with which Wakula immediately goes back to his village. Meanwhile in the village it was assumed that the blacksmith had committed suicide, and so the sad Oxana, who regrets her earlier behavior, is overjoyed when the capable Wakula stands before her again for a marriage.

publication

The night before Christmas hit Soviet cinemas on January 8, 1962 . On December 21, 1962, the film was broadcast for the first time on the first program of East German television.

synchronization

The synchronization was carried out by the DEFA studio for synchronization in the Leipzig studio. Sophie Schirmeister was responsible for the dramaturgy, Annette wrote the dialogue for you and Thomas Ruttmann took over the direction .

actor	role	German speaker
Alexander Chwylja	Tschub	Heinz Suhr
Lyudmila Mysnikova	Oxana	Liane Düsterhöft
Yuri Tavrov	Blacksmith Wakula	Georg Solga
Lyudmila Chitjaeva	Solocha	Erika Krause-Ernst
Sergei Martinson	Sexton Ossip Nikiforovich	Johannes Curth
Anatoly Kubazki	Godfather Panas	Fredy Roth
M. Sidorchuk	Odarka	Otti planner
Alexander Radunski	Community elder	Alfred Schieske
Georgi Milljar	devil	Jochen Pape

Web links

• The night before Christmas in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• The night before Christmas in the online film database
• The night before Christmas on kino-teatr.ru (Russian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Information on the publication on kino-teatr.ru , accessed on December 9, 2017
2. ↑ The night before Christmas. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed December 9, 2017 .