Yekaterina MIKHAILOVA
Екатерина МИХАЙЛОВА
Ekaterina MIKHAILOVA
Russia, 1997, 26mn 
Colour, animation
The Night Before Christmas
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Ночь перед рождеством

 

 La Nuit d'avant Noël

 Noch pered rozhdestvom

 
Directed by : Yekaterina MIKHAILOVA (Екатерина МИХАЙЛОВА)
Writing credits : Vladimir GOLOVANOV (Владимир ГОЛОВАНОВ)
Based on the motives of the same name story of N. V. Gogol
Production design : Nina VINOGRADOVA (Нина ВИНОГРАДОВА)
Production : Animafilm
 
Site : IMDb

Plot synopsis
In a Ukrainian village, a blacksmith named Vakoula is in love with the capricious Oksana. To test his love, she tells him that she will not marry him until he brings her the Czarina's shoes. As is known, on Christmas Eve, miracles happen and anything is possible: he rides on the back of a demon and flies to St. Petersburg ...
 

Commentaries and bibliography
RUSSIA BEYOND : Dix films soviétiques et russes mythiques pour le Nouvel An, Alexandra GOUZEVA, RUSSIA BEYOND, 2021
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- BCF. The Big Cartoon Festival, Moscow (Russia), 2011
- "NIKA" Prizes, Moscow (Russia), 1997

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