The Night Before Christmas (1951)

Animation
Fantasy

Based on the works 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 and ask the Empress for the slippers that he can present his sweetheart.

Cast

The Devil (voice)
Vladimir Gribkov
Narrator (voice)
Aleksei Gribov
Oksana (voice)
Liliya Gritsenko
Vakula (voice)
Nikolai Gritsenko
Chub (voice)
Mikhail Yanshin
Solokha (voice)
Vera Maretskaya
The Head (voice)
A Aleksei Zhiltsov

Crew

Director
Valentina Brumberg
Screenplay
Zinaida Brumberg
Screenplay
Valentina Brumberg
Director
Zinaida Brumberg
Writer
Nikolai Gogol
Writer
Mikhail Yanshin
Art Direction
A Aleksandr Belyakov
Art Direction
N Nadezhda Stroganova
Animation
Fyodor Khitruk
Director of Photography
Elena Petrova
Art Direction
Pyotr Repkin
Director of Photography
Nikolay Voinov
Music
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Music Editor
Viktor Oranskiy
Sound Director
N Nikolay Prilutskiy
Graphic Designer
A Anatoliy Petritskiy
Animation
Nikolay Fyodorov
Animation
Tatyana Fyodorova
Animation
L Lev Popov
Animation
Lidiya Reztsova
Animation
Boris Dyozhkin
Animation
Boris Butakov
Animation
Valentin Lalayants
Animation
Konstantin Chikin
Animation
Faina Epifanova
Animation
K Konstantin Nikiforov
Animation
Gennadiy Filippov
Animation
Roman Davydov
Animation
Grigoriy Kozlov
Animation
Roman Kachanov
Animation
E Elizaveta Komova
Animation
Tatyana Taranovich
Animation
I I. Bashkova
Animation
Boris Meerovich
Animation
E Elizaveta Kazantseva
Background Designer
V Vera Valeryanova
Background Designer
O Olga Gemmerling
Background Designer
I Irina Troyanova
Background Designer
K Konstantin Malyshev
Background Designer
V Vera Rodzhero
Background Designer
Elena Tannenberg
Assistant Art Director
Lana Azarkh
Assistant Art Director
Leonid Aristov
Assistant Director
Tatyana Fyodorova
Assistant Director
G G. Brodskaya
Editor
Valentina Ivanova
Producer
Y Yakov Bliokh