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The Night Before Christmas (Вечера на хуторе близ Диканьки) (Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka) (Vechera na khutore bliz Dikanki) (1961) Aleksandr Rou

December 2nd 2022

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Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka (1961)

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Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka is a 1961 fairy tale fantasy Soviet film directed by Alexander Rou. It is based on Nikolai Gogol's collection of short stories of the same name (specifically based on the short story The Night Before Christmas). In a small Ukrainian village, a young blacksmith, Vakula, is in love with the village beauty, Oksana. Oksana is a capricious girl who states that she will only marry Vakula if he brings her the slippers that Empress Catherine the Great wears. At the same the Devil aims to get back at Vakula for painting an embarassing picture of him. The Devil steals the moon, in the hopes of creating chaos and visiting Vakula's witch mother. Vakula, however, tricks the Devil into taking him to Saint-Petersburg. [watch]

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Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka (1961)