"The Night Before Christmas A.Khanzhonkov and Co., 1913" "Script, direction camera and art direction by Wladyslaw Starewicz" "Solokha" " Lidiya Tridenskaya" "The Devil" " Ivan Mozzhukhin" "Vakula" " Petr Lopukhin" "Oksana" " Olga Obolenskaya" "The Devil and the witch Solokha on Christmas Eve" "The stolen moon" "At the same time, Oksana, the daughter of the Cossack Chub had dressed in her finery" "Chub and his godparent set out to drink vodka, but the moon was stolen" "Now let's see what the pretty daughter is up to, left all alone" "How pretty I am!" "What joy I shall bring to the man I marry!" "Frightened by the snowstorm, Chub turned for home" "But it's not the smith's hut, so whose can it be?" "If the smith brings me the Tsaritsa's high-heeled shoes I give my word that I'll marry him" "Solokha had no husband, but she had many visitors" "Why all these sacks here?" "I think I'll carry them off to the smithy!" "Well, Vakula?" "Have you got me the Tsaritsa's shoes?" "Vakula goes for advice to fat-bellied Patsiuk, who knows all the devils" "Where is the road the the Devil?" "If you read the Devil, then go to the Devil!" "The man who has the Devil at his back doesn't have to go far" "Meanwhile, Vakula the smith was still looking for the road to the Devil" "Carry me on your back to St. Petersburg." "to the Tsaritsa's palace!" "Is this the Tsar?" "What do you mean?" "This is Potemkin himself!" "Your Excellency!" "What are the Empress's shoes made of?" "If my wife could wear such shoes!" "Meanwhile, a rumour went around the village that Vakula had drowned" "Beat me as much as you soul desires, but let me marry Oksana!" "I don't need high-heeled shoes!" "I'll marry you without them... by N.Nusinova and Iurii Tsiv'ian." "Art direction:" "I.Dyrike  A.Adamsone"