Aleksandr Rou - Vechera na khutore bliz Dikanki AKA The Night Before Christmas (1961) The whimsical combination of Christmas phantasmagoria and an eccentric fairy tale makes this film an unforgettable spectacle. Things like special effects were handled by showing the movie backwards all the time. When her siblings ask for their father to bring them home toys from his business trip Gretchen only wants a book. The movie has nice color pictures for this sort of story. 10th time you see the movie going backwards it is not cute anymore. Watch online Soviet fantasy film "The Night Before Christmas" (Вечера на хуторе близ Диканьки) with English, Russian, French substitles. But the story feels like it moves in slow motion. All Russian and soviet movies on RVISION. Three teens are selected for a space flight on the spacecraft Astra. ... (The Night Before Christmas) Filmed in 1952, this Soviet-era animated movie is based on the Slavic pagan stage play of the same name as well as traditional Slavic mythology and folktales.

Since this film is now public domain, you can easily watch it via YouTube or other streaming sites. The movie is only just over an hour long but I was bored before it ended. Soviet Movies Andrei Tarkovsky ... Aleksandr Rou - Vechera na khutore bliz Dikanki AKA The Night Before Christmas (1961) The whimsical combination of Christmas phantasmagoria and an eccentric fairy tale makes this film an unforgettable spectacle. She wants to read about Santa Claus to learn more about the great man. I much prefer this "Night Before Christmas" to all of the ridiculous ones with mice and all of the other animals since.