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The Night Before Christmas (1913)

41m

Running Time

December 26, 1913
Release Date

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The Night Before Christmas (1913)

Name: The Night Before Christmas
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Released: 1913-12-26

41m

Running Time

December 26, 1913
Release Date

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Plot.

Based on Gogol's story. It is Christmas Eve, and 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.

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Cast & Crew.

Ivan Mosjoukine

Devil

Olga Obolenskaya

Oksana

Lidiya Tridenskaya

Solokha

Petr Lopuhin

Vakula

Aleksandr Kheruvimov

Golova

Pavel Knorr

Chub

Praskovya Maksimova

Oksana's mother

Andrey Gromov

Deacon

A. Sorin

Władysław Starewicz

Director / Writer / Director of Photography / Production Design

Nikolai Gogol

Story

Aleksandr Khanzhonkov

Producer

Details.

Release Date
December 26, 1913

Original Name
Ночь перед Рождеством

Status
Released

Running Time
41m

Genres
Comedy Fantasy

Last updated: 2025-02-13

This Movie Is About.

based on novel or book

silent film

Wiki.

The Night Before Christmas (Russian: Ночь передъ Рождествомъ, Noch pered Rozhdestvom) is a 1913 silent film made in the Russian Empire by Ladislas Starevich, based on the 1832 tale of the same name by Nikolai Gogol. Unlike most of Starevich's films, it is mainly live-action.