Directed by:
Alexander RoweScreenplay:
Alexander RoweCinematography:
Dmitriy SurenskiyComposer:
Arkadiy FilippenkoPlots(1)
The action takes place both in a village of Dikanka in the Ukraine and at the palace of a Russian Empress. Blacksmith Vacula has enraged the devil himself: in a church he painted the devil’s figure in such a way that even the Hell’s inhabitants could not help laughing. Solokha, Vacula’s mother, is known to be a witch, not averse to flying on a besom. Vacula’s sweetheart, Oksana, demands for a Christmas present a pair of tcherevichki (shoes) that the Empress wears. Only then she will agree to marry Vacula. And the devil promises to help the blacksmith get the Empress’s shoes, on condition that Vacula sells him his soul. Meanwhile, Christmas is almost here. (iTunes)
(more)Cast
![Yuri Tavrov](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/027/457/27457915_07caf0.jpg)
Yuri Tavrov
Soviet Union
Best movies:
![Lyudmila Myznikova](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/040/844/40844686_6bbea6.jpg)
Lyudmila Myznikova
Soviet Union
Best movies:
![Georgiy Millyar](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/412/412563_726d22.jpg)
Georgiy Millyar
Russian Empire
Best movies:
War and Peace (1965)
War and Peace: Part IV (1967)
War and Peace: Part I (1965)
![Lyudmila Khityaeva](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/018/803/18803806_86be14.jpg)
Lyudmila Khityaeva
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Tikhiy Don III (1958)
Quiet Flows the Don (1957)
And Quiet Flows the Don II (1958)
![Aleksandr Khvylya](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/414/414853_8b279b.jpg)
Aleksandr Khvylya
Russian Empire
Best movies:
The Karamazov Brothers (1969)
Alye parusa (1961)
Pyatnadtsatiletniy kapitan (1946)
![Aleksei Smirnov](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/287/159287273_08f21a.jpg)
Aleksei Smirnov
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Chipollino (1972)
Walking the Streets of Moscow (1963)
Operation 'Y' & Other Shurik's Adventures (1965)
![Aleksandr Demyanenko](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/143/058/143058609_6733bb.jpg)
Aleksandr Demyanenko
Soviet Union
Best movies:
![Anatoli Kubatsky](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/499/499098_ce7277.jpg)
Anatoli Kubatsky
Russian Empire
Best movies:
Chipollino (1972)
Anna Karenina (1967)
Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka (1961)
![Sergei Martinson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/220/159220031_e323f2.jpg)
Sergei Martinson
Russian Empire
Best movies:
Life, Tears and Love (1984)
The Adventures of Mowgli (1973)
Alye parusa (1961)
![Michail Troyanovsky](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/327/162327841_fdf4c7.jpg)
Michail Troyanovsky
Russian Empire
Best movies:
The Childhood of Maxim Gorky (1938)
On His Own (1939)
Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka (1961)
![Lidiya Korolyova](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/099/533/99533898_1bb85d.jpg)
Lidiya Korolyova
Russian Empire
Best movies:
Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka (1961)
Tchaikovsky (1969)
Varvara - krasa, dlinnaya kosa (1969)
![Vera Altayskaya](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/078/964/78964346_8423e6.jpg)
Vera Altayskaya
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka (1961)
Frosty (1964)
Marya Iskusnitsa (1959)
![Nikolai Fyodorovich Yakovchenko](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/872/162872870_26cb4e.jpg)
Nikolai Fyodorovich Yakovchenko
Russian Empire
Best movies:
Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka (1961)
Viy or Spirit of Evil (1967)
Beginning of an Unknown Era (1967)
Irina Murzaeva
Russian Empire
Best movies:
Shine, Shine, My Star (1969)
The Snow Queen (1957)
Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka (1961)