Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka
A whimsical Ukrainian folklore tale of a blacksmith's magical quest to win his beloved's heart on Christmas Eve, blending romance, supernatural adventure, and village charm.
The story that happened on the farm near Dikanka on the night before Christmas, when the village blacksmith Vakula, having saddled the Devil, brought to his beloved Oksana, the daughter of a rich Cossack Chub, queen's "сherevichki"(the little women shoes) from the capital — St. Petersburg.
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Aleksandr Khvylia
казак Чуб, кум
Lyudmila Myznikova
Оксана, дочь Чуба
Yuri Tavrov
Вакула, кузнец (озв. Владимир Кашпур)
Lyudmila Khityaeva
Солоха, мать Вакулы
Sergei Martinson
Осип Никифорович, дьяк
Anatoliy Kubatskiy
кум Панас
Vera Altayskaya
жена Панаса, старая "пепельчиха"
Dmytro Kapka
Шапуваленко, ткач
Mykola Yakovchenko
Пацюк (озв. Яков Беленький)
Marina Sidorchuk
Одарка, подруга Оксаны
Aleksandr Radunsky
Голова
Georgi Millyar
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