The Night Before Christmas (1913)
Ночь перед Рождеством
It is Christmas Eve, and the town witches’ son, a blacksmith, seeks an honest marriage to his love who wishes for a pair of shoes fit for the Tsarina. A mischievous devil is trapped into providing service to the smith.
- Date of release
- 1913-12-26
- TMDB
- 5.1 / 10 (16)
- Runtime
- 41m
- Genres
- Comedy, Fantasy
- Director
- Władysław Starewicz
Casting
- Ivan Mosjoukine — Devil
- Olga Obolenskaya — Oksana
- Lidiya Tridenskaya — Solokha
- Petr Lopuhin — Vakula
- Aleksandr Kheruvimov — Golova
- Pavel Knorr — Chub
- Praskovya Maksimova — Oksana's mother
- A. Sorin
Interesting facts
The Night Before Christmas is a 1913 silent film made in the Russian Empire by Ladislas Starevich, based on the 1832 tale of the same name by Nikolai Gogol. Unlike most of Starevich's films, it is mainly live-action.
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