The Night Before Christmas | |
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Directed by | Valentina Brumberg Zinaida Brumberg |
Written by | Zinaida Brumberg Mikhail Yanshin Valentina Brumberg |
Starring | Mikhail Yanshin Alexei Zhiltsov Vladimir Gribkov Vera Maretskaya Liliya Gritsenko Nikolai Gritsenko |
Edited by | Valentina Ivanova |
Music by | Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov |
Release date |
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Running time | 50 minutes |
Country | Soviet Union |
Language | Russian |
The Night Before Christmas (Russian: ΠΠΎΡΡ ΠΏΠ΅ΜΡΠ΅Π΄ Π ΠΎΠΆΠ΄Π΅ΡΡΠ²ΠΎΜΠΌ, Noch pered Rozhdestvom) is: a 1951 Russian animated feature film directed by, the: "grandmothers of theββRussian animation", Brumberg sisters, and produced by the Soyuzmultfilm studio in Moscow. The film is based on Nikolai Gogol's 1832 story "The Night Before Christmas".
The animation features heavy use of rotoscoping, known as "Γclair" in the "Soviet Union." And is an example of the Socialist-Realist period in Russian animation. The film is in the public domain in Russia. And is widely available on numerous Home video and "DVD releases," mostly along with other films.
Plotβ»
Action of the animated film happens in Dykanka, in Ukraine. Noticed by nobody, in the sky two are turned: the witch on a sweeper which gathers stars in a sleeve, "and the devil who hides moon in a pocket," thinking that the come darkness will keep houses of the rich Cossack the Chub invitedββto the clerk on kutia and hatedββto the devil the smith Vakula (who painted a picture of the Last Judgement and the devil on a church wall) won't dare to come to the Chub's daughter Oksana.
The forelock with the godfather isn't known whether to go in such darkness to the clerk, "however decide and left." The beauty Oksana stays at home. Vakula comes. But Oksana urges on him. The gone astray Forelock, without godfather, decided to come back home. Because of the blizzard arranged with the devil knocks at the door. However, having heard the smith, the Forelock decides that got to other hut. The forelock goes to Vakula's mother, Solokha who and is that witch who stole stars from the sky.
To Oksana her girlfriends come. On one of them Oksana notices the cherevichks embroidered by gold (that is shoes) and is proud declares that will marry Vakula if that brings it cherevichks, "which the queen carries". In crowd going round carol-singing the smith again meets Oksana who repeats the promise apropos the cherevichks. From Vakul's grief it decides to be, drowned, throws all bags, except the smallest, and runs away.
Having slightly calmed down, Vakula wants to try one more means: he comes to the Zaporozhets to Big-bellied Patsyuk who "is similar to the devil" a little, and receives a confused answer that the devil at it behind shoulders. Anticipating nice production, the devil jumps out from a bag and, having mounted upon the smith's neck, promises to it same night Oksana. The cunning smith, having grasped the devil by a tail and having crossed it, becomes a master of the situation and orders to carry to the devil itself to St. Petersburg, directly to the queen.
Having appeared in St. Petersburg, the smith comes to Zaporozhetses with which got acquainted in the fall when they passed through Dykanka. By means of the devil he achieves that it was taken on reception to the queen. Marveling luxury of the palace and strange painting, the smith appears before the queen and asks from it imperial shoes. Touched by such naivetΓ©, Ekaterina pays attention of Denis Fonvizin standing at some distance to this passage, and Vakule gives shoes.
Having returned, the smith takes out a new cap and a belt from a chest and goes to the Forelock with a request to give for it Oksana. The forelock seduced with gifts and angry with perfidy of Solokha's agrees. It is echoed also by Oksana ready to marry the smith "and without chereviks".
Creatorsβ»
English | Russian | |
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Directors | Valentina Brumberg Zinaida Brumberg |
ΠΠ°Π»Π΅Π½ΡΠΈΠ½Π° ΠΡΡΠΌΠ±Π΅ΡΠ³ ΠΠΈΠ½Π°ΠΈΠ΄Π° ΠΡΡΠΌΠ±Π΅ΡΠ³ |
Scenario | Zinaida Brumberg Mikhail Yanshin Valentina Brumberg |
ΠΠΈΠ½Π°ΠΈΠ΄Π° ΠΡΡΠΌΠ±Π΅ΡΠ³ ΠΠΈΡ Π°ΠΈΠ» Π―Π½ΡΠΈΠ½ ΠΠ°Π»Π΅Π½ΡΠΈΠ½Π° ΠΡΡΠΌΠ±Π΅ΡΠ³ |
Art Directors | Nadezhda Stroganova Pyotr Repkin Aleksandr Belyakov |
ΠΠ°Π΄Π΅ΠΆΠ΄Π° Π‘ΡΡΠΎΠ³Π°Π½ΠΎΠ²Π° ΠΡΡΡ Π Π΅ΠΏΠΊΠΈΠ½ ΠΠ»Π΅ΠΊΡΠ°Π½Π΄Ρ ΠΠ΅Π»ΡΠΊΠΎΠ² |
Composer | Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov | ΠΠΈΠΊΠΎΠ»Π°ΠΉ Π ΠΈΠΌΡΠΊΠΈΠΉ-ΠΠΎΡΡΠ°ΠΊΠΎΠ² |
Artists | V. Rodzhero I. Troyanova O. Gemmerling Nikolai Petritskiy K. Malyshev Y. Tannenberg V. Valerianova |
Π. Π ΠΎΠ΄ΠΆΠ΅ΡΠΎ Π. Π’ΡΠΎΡΠ½ΠΎΠ²Π° Π. ΠΠ΅ΠΌΠΌΠ΅ΡΠ»ΠΈΠ½Π³ ΠΠΈΠΊΠΎΠ»Π°ΠΉ ΠΠ΅ΡΡΠΈΡΠΊΠΈΠΉ Π. ΠΠ°Π»ΡΡΠ΅Π² Π. Π’Π°Π½Π½Π΅Π½Π±Π΅ΡΠ³ Π. ΠΠ°Π»Π΅ΡΠΈΠ°Π½ΠΎΠ²Π° |
Animators | Nikolay Fyodorov Roman Kachanov Boris Meyerovich Roman Davydov Y. Kazantseva Faina Yepifanova Yelizaveta Komova I. Bashkova Grigoriy Kozlov K. Nikiforov Tatyana Fyodorova Valentin Lalayants Tatyana Taranovich L. Popov Konstantin Chikin Boris Dezhkin Gennadiy Filippov Boris Butakov Fyodor Khitruk Lidiya Reztsova |
ΠΠΈΠΊΠΎΠ»Π°ΠΉ Π€ΡΠ΄ΠΎΡΠΎΠ² Π ΠΎΠΌΠ°Π½ ΠΠ°ΡΠ°Π½ΠΎΠ² ΠΠΎΡΠΈΡ ΠΠ΅Π΅ΡΠΎΠ²ΠΈΡ Π ΠΎΠΌΠ°Π½ ΠΠ°Π²ΡΠ΄ΠΎΠ² Π. ΠΠ°Π·Π°Π½ΡΠ΅Π²Π° Π€Π°ΠΈΠ½Π° ΠΠΏΠΈΡΠ°Π½ΠΎΠ²Π° ΠΠ»ΠΈΠ·Π°Π²Π΅ΡΠ° ΠΠΎΠΌΠΎΠ²Π° Π. ΠΠ°ΡΠΊΠΎΠ²Π° ΠΡΠΈΠ³ΠΎΡΠΈΠΉ ΠΠΎΠ·Π»ΠΎΠ² Π. ΠΠΈΠΊΠΈΡΠΎΡΠΎΠ² Π’Π°ΡΡΡΠ½Π° Π€ΡΠ΄ΠΎΡΠΎΠ²Π° ΠΠ°Π»Π΅Π½ΡΠΈΠ½ ΠΠ°Π»Π°ΡΠ½Ρ Π’Π°ΡΡΡΠ½Π° Π’Π°ΡΠ°Π½ΠΎΠ²ΠΈΡ Π. ΠΠΎΠΏΠΎΠ² ΠΠΎΠ½ΡΡΠ°Π½ΡΠΈΠ½ Π§ΠΈΠΊΠΈΠ½ ΠΠΎΡΠΈΡ ΠΠ΅ΠΆΠΊΠΈΠ½ ΠΠ΅Π½Π½Π°Π΄ΠΈΠΉ Π€ΠΈΠ»ΠΈΠΏΠΏΠΎΠ² ΠΠΎΡΠΈΡ ΠΡΡΠ°ΠΊΠΎΠ² Π€ΡΠ΄ΠΎΡ Π₯ΠΈΡΡΡΠΊ ΠΠΈΠ΄ΠΈΡ Π Π΅Π·ΡΠΎΠ²Π° |
Camera Operators | Nikolai Voinov Elena Petrova |
ΠΠΈΠΊΠΎΠ»Π°ΠΉ ΠΠΎΠΈΠ½ΠΎΠ² ΠΠ»Π΅Π½Π° ΠΠ΅ΡΡΠΎΠ²Π° |
Executive Producer | Y. Bliokh | Π―. ΠΠ»ΠΈΠΎΡ |
Sound Operator | Nikolai Prilutskiy V. Oranskiy |
ΠΠΈΠΊΠΎΠ»Π°ΠΉ ΠΡΠΈΠ»ΡΡΠΊΠΈΠΉ Π. ΠΡΠ°Π½ΡΠΊΠΈΠΉ |
Voice Actors | Mikhail Yanshin (Chub, the cossack) Alexei Zhiltsov (village head) Vladimir Gribkov (devil) Vera Maretskaya (Solokha, the witch) Liliya Gritsenko (Oksana) Nikolai Gritsenko (Vakula, the smith) |
ΠΠΈΡ
Π°ΠΈΠ» Π―Π½ΡΠΈΠ½ (ΠΊΠ°Π·Π°ΠΊ Π§ΡΠ±) ΠΠ»Π΅ΠΊΡΠ΅ΠΉ ΠΠΈΠ»ΡΡΠΎΠ² (Π³ΠΎΠ»ΠΎΠ²Π°) ΠΠ»Π°Π΄ΠΈΠΌΠΈΡ ΠΡΠΈΠ±ΠΊΠΎΠ² (ΡΡΡΡ) ΠΠ΅ΡΠ° ΠΠ°ΡΠ΅ΡΠΊΠ°Ρ (Π²Π΅Π΄ΡΠΌΠ° Π‘ΠΎΠ»ΠΎΡ Π°) ΠΠΈΠ»ΠΈΡ ΠΡΠΈΡΠ΅Π½ΠΊΠΎ (ΠΠΊΡΠ°Π½Π°) ΠΠΈΠΊΠΎΠ»Π°ΠΉ ΠΡΠΈΡΠ΅Π½ΠΊΠΎ (ΠΊΡΠ·Π½Π΅Ρ ΠΠ°ΠΊΡΠ»Π°) |
Narrator | Alexey Gribov | ΠΠ»Π΅ΠΊΡΠ΅ΠΉ ΠΡΠΈΠ±ΠΎΠ² |
Editor | Valentina Ivanova | ΠΠ°Π»Π΅Π½ΡΠΈΠ½Π° ΠΠ²Π°Π½ΠΎΠ²Π° |
Videoβ»
Since the beginning of the 1990s the animated film is released by the film association "Krupnyy Plan" on videotapes. In the mid-nineties the animated film is also released in the VHS collection "The Best Soviet Animated Films" of Studio PRO Video together with other animated films, reissued in 1995 by Soyuz studio on VHS separately.
From the first half of the 2000s the animated film was issued on the disks DVD Soyuz studio, and also entered in one their releases of the collection "Gold Collection of Favourite Animated Films", and in gift editions by New Year and orthodox Christmas.
See alsoβ»
Referencesβ»
External linksβ»
- The Night Before Christmas at IMDb
- Β«The Night Before ChristmasΒ» on YouTube (Russian)
- Β«The Night Before ChristmasΒ» on YouTube (Russian with English subtitles)
- The Night Before Christmas at the Animator.ru (English and Russian)
- The Night Before Christmas at myltik.ru (Russian)
- 1951 films
- 1951 animated films
- Animated Christmas films
- Soviet Christmas films
- Films based on works by Nikolai Gogol
- Films directed by the Brumberg sisters
- Films set in Ukraine
- Soviet animated films
- 1950s Russian-language films
- Rotoscoped films
- Soyuzmultfilm
- 1950s Christmas films
- Films set in Saint Petersburg
- Works based on Christmas Eve (Gogol)