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The Night Before Christmas

Valentina Brumberg

1951 • 49m

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...

The Night Before Christmas

Cast

Vladimir Gribkov

Vladimir GribkovThe Devil (voice)

Aleksei Gribov

Aleksei GribovNarrator (voice)

Liliya Gritsenko

Liliya GritsenkoOksana (voice)

Nikolai Gritsenko

Nikolai GritsenkoVakula (voice)

Mikhail Yanshin

Mikhail YanshinChub (voice)

Vera Maretskaya

Vera MaretskayaSolokha (voice)

Aleksei ZhiltsovThe Head (voice)

Crew

Fyodor Khitruk

Fyodor KhitrukAnimation

Valentina Brumberg

Valentina BrumbergDirector

Zinaida Brumberg

Zinaida BrumbergScreenplay

Elena Petrova

Elena PetrovaDirector of Photography

Nikolay Voinov

Nikolay VoinovDirector of Photography

Nikolay Prilutskiy

Nikolay PrilutskiySound Director

Nikolay Fyodorov

Nikolay FyodorovAnimation

Tatyana Fyodorova

Tatyana FyodorovaAnimation

Lidiya Reztsova

Lidiya ReztsovaAnimation

Boris Dyozhkin

Boris DyozhkinAnimation

Boris Butakov

Boris ButakovAnimation

Valentin Lalayants

Valentin LalayantsAnimation

Konstantin Chikin

Konstantin ChikinAnimation

Faina Epifanova

Faina EpifanovaAnimation

Gennadiy Filippov

Gennadiy FilippovAnimation

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