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The Night Before Christmas (1961) Poster

Full Cast & Crew

Directed by 

Aleksandr Rou

Writing Credits (in alphabetical order)  

Nikolay Gogol ... (story) (as Nikolai Gogol)
Aleksandr Rou

Cast (in credits order)  

Aleksandr Khvylya ... Chub
Lyudmila Myznikova ... Oksana (as L. Myznikova)
Yuri Tavrov ... Vakula
Lyudmila Khityaeva ... Solokha (as L. Khityayeva)
Sergey Martinson ... Osip the Deacon
Anatoliy Kubatskiy ... Panas
Vera Altayskaya ... Wife of Panas
Dmitriy Kapka ... Shapuvalenko
Nikolay Yakovchenko ... Patsyuk (as N. Yakovchenko)
Marina Sidorchuk Marina Sidorchuk ... Odarka (as M. Sidorchuk)
Aleksandr Radunsky Aleksandr Radunsky ... The Head (as A. Radunsky)
Georgiy Millyar ... The Devil
A. Ablova A. Ablova
V. Bubnova V. Bubnova
Mikhail Vasilyev ... Cossack (as M. Vasilyev)
Evgeniy Grigorev ... (as E. Grigoryev)
Andrey Demyanenko Andrey Demyanenko ... Sverbyguz (as A. Demyanenko)
Lidiya Korolyova ... The Purple Nose Woman
Irina Murzayeva ... The Cummer
Mariya Skvortsova ... (as N. Skvortsova)
Aleksei Smirnov ... The Ambassador
Mikhail Troyanovskiy ... (as M. Troyanovskiy)
Zoya Vasilkova ... Catherine the Great (as Z. Chekulayeva)
Yuri Chekulayev ... Grigoriy Potyomkin
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Yakov Belenkiy Yakov Belenkiy ... Patsyuk (voice)
Vladimir Kashpur ... Vakula (voice)
Ivan Ryzhov ... The Ambassador (voice)
Lyudmila Kalugina Lyudmila Kalugina ... The Suprised Woman (uncredited)
Pavel Zagrebelniy ... The Benefector (uncredited)

Music by 

Arkadi Filippenko

Cinematography by 

Dmitri Surensky

Editing by 

Kseniya Blinova

Art Direction by 

Aleksandr Dikhtyar

Set Decoration by 

A. Ivashchenko ... (as A. Ivaschenko)

Costume Design by 

L. Dushina

Makeup Department 

Sofiya Filenova ... makeup artist (as S. Filenova)

Production Management 

Andrey Demyanenko ... production manager (as A. Demyanenko)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director 

V. Losev ... second unit director

Sound Department 

Anatoli Dikan ... sound

Special Effects by 

Leonid Akimov ... special effects operator (as L. Akimov)
Yuriy Lupandin ... special effects (as Y. Lupandin)
Vladimir Nikitchenko ... special effects (as V. Nikitchenko)

Animation Department 

Ivan Davydov ... animator
Grigoriy Kozlov ... animator

Music Department 

Venyamin Tolba ... conductor

Script and Continuity Department 

Vera Biryukova ... script supervisor

Additional Crew 

Leonid Lukov ... creative head

See also

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