May Nights
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| May Nights | |
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| Directed by | Aleksandr Rou |
| Written by | Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (libretto) Nikolai Gogol (play) |
| Starring | Nikolai Dosenko Tatyana Konyukhova Aleksandr Khvylya |
| Cinematography | |
| Music by | S. Potochkii |
Production company | Gorky Film Studios |
Release date | 1952 |
Running time | 61 minutes |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Language | Russian |
May Nights (Russian: Майская ночь, или Утопленница, romanized: Maiskaya noch, ili utoplennitsa) is a 1952 Soviet comedy film directed by Aleksandr Rou and starring , Tatyana Konyukhova and Aleksandr Khvylya.[1] It is based on Nikolai Gogol's May Night, or the Drowned Maiden and the subsequent opera version by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov.
Cast[]
- as Levko Makogonenko
- Tatyana Konyukhova as Hanna Petrichenkova
- Aleksandr Khvylya as Evtukh Makogonenko, village leader
- as The Officer's Daughter
- as The Witch-Stepmother
- Georgiy Millyar as The Village Clerk
- E. Cheoarskaya as Evtukh's Sister-in-law
- as Karpo, a villager
- G. Nelidov as A Beekeeper
- as A Distiller
References[]
- ^ Rollberg p.314
Bibliography[]
- Rollberg, Peter. Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2008.
External links[]
- May Nights at IMDb
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- Russian-language films
- 1952 films
- 1952 comedy films
- Soviet comedy films
- Russian comedy films
- Russian films
- Soviet films
- Films directed by Aleksandr Rou
- Gorky Film Studio films
- Films based on works by Nikolai Gogol
- Films based on fairy tales
- 1950s Soviet film stubs