The Night Before Christmas (1913)

Director: Władysław Starewicz

Based on Gogol's story. It is Christmas Eve, and the town witches’ son, a blacksmith, seeks an honest marriage to his love who wishes for a pair of shoes fit for the Tsarina. A mischievous devil is trapped into providing service to the smith.

Cast

Ivan Mosjoukine

Devil

Olga Obolenskaya

Oksana

Lidiya Tridenskaya

Solokha

Petr Lopuhin

Vakula

Aleksandr Kheruvimov

Golova

Pavel Knorr

Chub

Praskovya Maksimova

Oksana's mother

A. Sorin