Ladislas STAREWICH
Ладислас СТАРЕВИЧ
Ladislas STAREWITCH
Russia, 1913, 115m 
Black and white, fiction
Noch pered rozhdestvom
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Ночь перед Рождеством

 

 La Nuit de Noël

 Noch pered rozhdestvom

 
Directed by : Ladislas STAREWICH (Ладислас СТАРЕВИЧ)
Writing credits : Ladislas STAREWICH (Ладислас СТАРЕВИЧ)
 
Cast
Aleksandr KHERUVIMOV (Александр ХЕРУВИМОВ)
Pavel KNORR (Павел КНОРР)
V. LOPUKHIN (В. ЛОПУХИН)
Praskovia MAKSIMOVA (Прасковья МАКСИМОВА)
Ivan MOZZHUKIN (Иван МОЗЖУХИН)
Olga OBOLENSKAIA (Ольга ОБОЛЕНСКАЯ)
A. SORIN (А. СОРИН)
Lidia TRIDENSKAIA (Лидия ТРИДЕНСКАЯ)
 
Cinematography : Ladislas STAREWICH (Ладислас СТАРЕВИЧ)
Produced by : Aleksandr KHANZHONKOV (Александр ХАНЖОНКОВ)
Production : A. Khanjonkov & Cie
Release date in Russia : 26/12/1913
 

Plot synopsis
Based on Gogol's story: It's Christmas Eve, and everyone in the village has plans. The devil and the witch Solokha are looking for ways of causing mischief. Chub the Cossack just wants some vodka. Solokha's son, Vakula the smith, wants to court Chub's charming daughter Oksana, who sets him on a quest: if Vakula will bring her the tsaritsa's shoes, Oksana will marry him. Meanwhile, the popular Solokha has a series of male visitors to contend with. When Vakula interrupts her, it sets off a chain of events that leads to a busy night for everyone.
 

Commentaries and bibliography
La période russe de Ladislas Starewitch, Léona Béatrice MARTIN-STAREVITCH, François MARTIN, starewitch.fr, 2022
L’adaptation des classiques littéraires nationaux, dans le cinéma russe prérévolutionnaire : un réflexe culturel ?, Jasmine JACQ, Université de Franche-Comté, 2014
La Nuit de Noël de Ladislas STAREWITCH, ls.pagesperso-orange.fr, 2010
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- Russian or Soviet animated films (1906-1991), kinoglaz.fr (France), 2023
- Animated film directors. Russia-USSR 1906-1991, kinoglaz.fr (France), 2023
- Art and Russian cinema Festival Ruskoff, Nice (France), 2010
- Festival ''Cinema and literature'', Gatchina (Russia), 2009
- International Festival of Contemporary Cinema «Zavtra / 2morrow», Moscow (Russia), 2008
- Europalia Russia 2005, Brussels (Belgium), 2005
- Images Russie 1908-1930 au musée d'Orsay, Paris (France), 2005