The Night Before Christmas
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Based on the work of Nikolay Gogol. Handsome blacksmith Vakula who fell in love with village beauty, Oksana, is ready to do anything for her liking. Even to fly on the devil's back to Saint-Petersburg and ask the Empress for the slippers that he can present his sweetheart.
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Cast
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Vladimir Gribkov
The Devil (voice)
Known for
The Snow Queen
Aleksei Gribov
Narrator (voice)
Known for
Striped Trip
The Twelve Months
Liliya Gritsenko
Oksana (voice)
Also in
Planet Parade
True Friends
Nikolai Gritsenko
Vakula (voice)
Also in
Anna Karenina
Two Captains
Mikhail Yanshin
Chub (voice)
Known for
Thumbelina
Vovka in the Kingdom of Far Far Away
Vera Maretskaya
Solokha (voice)
Also in
The House on Trubnaya
The Village Teacher
Aleksei Zhiltsov
The Head (voice)
Also in
Michurin
Toward the Dawn
Valentina Brumberg Director · Zinaida Brumberg Director Mikhail Yanshin Screenplay
Director Screenplay
Valentina Brumberg
Director Screenplay
Zinaida Brumberg
Screenplay
Mikhail Yanshin
Author
Nikolai Gogol
Composer
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Cinematographer
Nikolay Voinov
Cinematographer
Elena Petrova
Editor
Valentina Ivanova
Production designer
Aleksandr Belyakov
Production designer
Pyotr Repkin
Production designer
Nadezhda Stroganova
First release December 31, 1951 · Produced in Russia, Russia · Original title Ночь перед Рождеством
Production
Soyuzmultfilm
Production
Russia · Russia
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Languages
Original title
Ночь перед Рождеством
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Russian
Release dates
Russia · December 31, 1951
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Hungary
September 18, 1952 · Theatrical
Russia
February 5, 2004 · Physical
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