Comedy ·Fantasy ·Romance · Soviet Union · 1961 · 1h 6m

Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka

Вечера на хуторе близ Диканьки

Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka poster
Director
Aleksandr Rou
Cast
Aleksandr Khvylia as казак Чуб, кум Lyudmila Myznikova as Оксана, дочь Чуба Yuri Tavrov as Вакула, кузнец (озв. Владимир Кашпур) Lyudmila Khityaeva as Солоха, мать Вакулы Sergei Martinson as Осип Никифорович, дьяк Anatoliy Kubatskiy as кум Панас
Crew
Dmitri Surensky — Director of Photography Kseniya Blinova — Editor Arkadiy Filippenko — Original Music Composer Aleksandr Rou — Writer Nikolai Gogol — Novel Aleksandr Dikhtyar — Production Design
Synopsis

The story that happened on the farm near Dikanka on the night before Christmas, when the village blacksmith Vakula, having saddled the Devil, brought to his beloved Oksana, the daughter of a rich Cossack Chub, queen's "сherevichki"(the little women shoes) from the capital — St. Petersburg.

Mood & Themes
based on novel or bookvillageukrainian folkloreukrainian culture
Key Collaborators
Aleksandr Rou Director Dmitri Surensky Director of Photography Kseniya Blinova Editor Arkadiy Filippenko Original Music Composer Aleksandr Rou Writer Nikolai Gogol Novel Aleksandr Dikhtyar Production Design Liliya Dushina Costume Design
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