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Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka
7.2 / 10• 1961• 1h 6m•NR• Russian
ComedyFantasyRomance
Storyline
The story that happened on the farm near Dikanka on the night before Christmas, when the village blacksmith Vakula, having saddled the Devil, brought to his beloved Oksana, the daughter of a rich Cossack Chub, queen's "сherevichki"(the little women shoes) from the capital — St. Petersburg.
Cast & Crew
Aleksandr Khvylia
казак Чуб, кум
Lead
Lyudmila Myznikova
Оксана, дочь Чуба
Yuri Tavrov
Вакула, кузнец (озв. Владимир Кашпур)
Lyudmila Khityaeva
Солоха, мать Вакулы
Sergei Martinson
Осип Никифорович, дьяк
Anatoliy Kubatskiy
кум Панас
Vera Altayskaya
жена Панаса, старая "пепельчиха"
Dmytro Kapka
Шапуваленко, ткач
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Aleksandr Rou's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
