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The Night Before Christmas (1913)

Genre : Comedy, Fantasy

Runtime : 41M

Director : Wladyslaw Starewicz

Synopsis

Based on Gogol's story. 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.

Actors

Ivan Mosjoukine
Ivan Mosjoukine
Devil
Olga Obolenskaya
Olga Obolenskaya
Oksana
Lidiya Tridenskaya
Lidiya Tridenskaya
Solokha
Petr Lopuhin
Petr Lopuhin
Vakula
Aleksandr Kheruvimov
Aleksandr Kheruvimov
Golova
Pavel Knorr
Pavel Knorr
Chub

Crews

Wladyslaw Starewicz
Wladyslaw Starewicz
Director
Nikolai Gogol
Nikolai Gogol
Story
Wladyslaw Starewicz
Wladyslaw Starewicz
Writer
Wladyslaw Starewicz
Wladyslaw Starewicz
Cinematography

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