Aleksandr ROU
Александр РОУ
Aleksandr ROU
1952, 59mn 
Colour, fiction
Mayskaya noch, ili utoplennitsa
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Майская ночь, или утопленница

 

 Une nuit de mai, ou une noyée

 Mayskaya noch, ili utoplennitsa

 
Directed by : Aleksandr ROU (Александр РОУ)
Writing credits : Konstantin ISAEV (Константин ИСАЕВ)
Based on Gogol's novel of the same name.
 
Cast
Nikolay DOSENKO (Николай ДОСЕНКО) ...Levko
Aleksandr KHVYLIA (Александр ХВЫЛЯ) ...Golova
Tatyana KONIUKHOVA (Татьяна КОНЮХОВА) ...Ganna
Liliya YUDINA (Лилия ЮДИНА) ...Pannotchka
 
Cinematography : Gavriil EGIAZAROV (Гавриил ЕГИАЗАРОВ)
Production design : Pyotr GALADZHEV (Пётр ГАЛАДЖЕВ), Irina ZAKHAROVA (Ирина ЗАХАРОВА)
Music : Sergey POTOTSKY (Сергей ПОТОЦКИЙ)
Sound : Sergey IURTZEV (Сергей ЮРЦЕВ)
Spectators : 15 millions of spectators
Release date in Russia : 31/10/1952
 
Sites : IMDb, Kinopoisk

Plot synopsis
Surreal Soviet fantasy movie based off a short story by Nikolai Gogol.
An old beekeeper tells the story of Galia and Levko's love. Last, at the request of his beloved evokes the strange story of the daughter of a Cossack leader and a witch, who appeared in the form of a demon ...
 

Commentaries and bibliography
Alexandre Rou : le conteur du cinéma soviétique, Mamaragan, L'Arène D'Airain, 2022
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- Soviet comedies, kinoglaz.fr (France), 2024
- Festival ''Cinema and literature'', Gatchina (Russia), 2009

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