

Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka
1961-12-15 · 66 min · ★ 7.2
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.
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- Directors
- Aleksandr Rou
- Production companies
- Gorky Film Studios
- Countries
- Soviet Union
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- Released
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Aleksandr Khvyliaказак Чуб, кум
Lyudmila MyznikovaОксана, дочь Чуба
Yuri TavrovВакула, кузнец (озв. Владимир Кашпур)
Lyudmila KhityaevaСолоха, мать Вакулы
Sergei MartinsonОсип Никифорович, дьяк
Anatoliy Kubatskiyкум Панас
Vera Altayskayaжена Панаса, старая "пепельчиха"
Dmytro KapkaШапуваленко, ткач
Mykola YakovchenkoПацюк (озв. Яков Беленький)
Aleksandr RadunskyГолова
Georgi MillyarЧёрт / сплетница
Lidiya Korolyovaбаба с фиолетовым носом
Irina Murzayevaсплетница
Aleksei Smirnovпосол (озв. Иван Рыжов)
Mikhail Troyanovskyстарик в хате
Zoya VasilkovaЕкатерина II
Yuri ChekulayevПотёмкин, князь ТаврическийTitle information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.
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