Nikolay Gogol, upon whose short story "The Fair at Sorochyntsi" the movie was based, is credited not by name, but by his portrait, which is shown at the beginning and at the end of the movie.
Nikolay Gogol, upon whose short story "The Fair at Sorochyntsi" the movie was based, is credited not by name, but by his portrait, which is shown at the beginning and at the end of the movie.