Les soirées du hameau près de Dikanka

Original title: Vechera na khutore bliz Dikanki

1961
1h 8m

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Lyudmila Myznikova and Yuri Tavrov in Les soirées du hameau près de Dikanka (1961)

Surreal Soviet-era Christmas fantasy movie.Surreal Soviet-era Christmas fantasy movie.Surreal Soviet-era Christmas fantasy movie.

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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

Odarka
(as M. Sidorchuk)

Aleksandr Radunsky

The Head
(as A. Radunsky)

Georgiy Millyar

The Devil

A. Ablova

V. Bubnova

Mikhail Vasilyev

Cossack
(as M. Vasilyev)

Evgeniy Grigorev

Andrey Demyanenko

Sverbyguz
(as A. Demyanenko)

Lidiya Korolyova

The Purple Nose Woman

Director
- Aleksandr Rou
Writers
- Nikolay Gogol
- Aleksandr Rou
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Trivia
Filming took place in March 1961. Winter nature was filmed near the city of Kirovsk (Murmansk region), where the Ukrainian village was built.

Connections
Featured in Ukraine - Un combat pour l'histoire (2024)

In the best tradition of Soviet fantasy, Dikanka is entertaining from start to finish. There isn't much a plot (hijinks during the night), but the practical effects are charming, and I laughed harder than I had in a long time.

The best element is the Devil himself. Rather than a figure of fear and evil, the Devil is a hairy, silly fellow who keeps busy by tormenting a blacksmith who drew a religious picture that the Devil found particularly offensive. In addition, there are a horde of lusty and/or drunken townsmen, and a cameo by the Tsarina herself. Also, a "Three's Company"-esquire set piece where character after character must hide out in the local witch's hut.