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Noch’ pered rozhdestvom
Also known as [Christmas Eve]
(1913) Russia
B&W : 1115 metres
Directed by Wladyslaw Starewicz
Cast: Lidiia Tridentsaia, Ivan Mosjoukine, P. Lopkhin, Olga Obolenskaia, Pavel Knorr, Aleksandr Khenevimov, P. Maksimova, A. Sorin
A. Khanzhonkov and Company production. / Produced by Aleksandr Khanzhonkov. From a short story by Nikolai Gogol. / Released 26 December 1913. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Comedy-Drama.
Synopsis: 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.
Survival status: Print exists.
Current rights holder: (unknown)
Keywords: Animals: Cats - Animation [stop-action] - Anvils - Blacksmiths - Brooms - Children - Chimneys - Devils - Marriages - Moons - Rooftops - Sleds - Wells - Witches
Listing updated: 10 September 2010.
References: Film viewing.
Home video: DVD.
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