| The Night Before Christmas | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Valentina Brumberg Zinaida Brumberg |
| Written by | Zinaida Brumberg Mikhail Yanshin Valentina Brumberg |
| Starring | Mikhail Yanshin Alexei Zhiltsov Vladimir Gribkov Vera Maretskaya Liliya Gritsenko Nikolai Gritsenko |
| Music by | Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov |
| Editing by | Valentina Ivanova |
| Release date(s) | 1951 |
| Running time | 49 minutes |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Language | Russian |
The Night Before Christmas (Russian: Ночь пе́ред Рождество́м, Noch pered Rozhdestvom) is a 1951 Soviet animated film directed by the Brumberg sisters and produced by the Soyuzmultfilm studio in Moscow. The film is based on Nikolai Gogol's story The Night Before Christmas.
The animation features heavy use of rotoscoping, known as "Éclair" in the Soviet Union, and is an example of the Socialist-Realist period in Russian animation. The film is in the public domain in Russia and is widely available on numerous video/DVD releases, mostly along with other films.
| English | Russian | |
|---|---|---|
| Directors | Valentina Brumberg Zinaida Brumberg |
Валентина Брумберг Зинаида Брумберг |
| Scenario | Zinaida Brumberg Mikhail Yanshin Valentina Brumberg |
Зинаида Брумберг Михаил Яншин Валентина Брумберг |
| Art Directors | Nadezhda Stroganova Pyotr Repkin Aleksandr Belyakov |
Надежда Строганова Пётр Репкин Александр Беляков |
| Composer | Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov | Николай Римский-Корсаков |
| Artists | V. Rodzhero I. Troyanova O. Gemmerling Nikolai Petritskiy K. Malyshev Y. Tannenberg V. Valerianova |
В. Роджеро И. Троянова О. Геммерлинг Николай Петрицкий К. Малышев Е. Танненберг В. Валерианова |
| Animators | Nikolai Fyodorov Roman Kachanov Boris Meyerovich Roman Davydov Y. Kazantseva Faina Yepifanova Yelizaveta Komova I. Bashkova Grigoriy Kozlov K. Nikiforov Tatyana Fyodorova Valentin Lalayants Tatyana Taranovich L. Popov Konstantin Chikin Boris Dezhkin Gennadiy Filippov Boris Butakov Fyodor Khitruk Lidiya Reztsova |
Николай Фёдоров Роман Качанов Борис Меерович Роман Давыдов Е. Казанцева Фаина Епифанова Елизавета Комова И. Башкова Григорий Козлов К. Никифоров Татьяна Фёдорова Валентин Лалаянц Татьяна Таранович Л. Попов Константин Чикин Борис Дежкин Геннадий Филиппов Борис Бутаков Фёдор Хитрук Лидия Резцова |
| Camera Operators | Nikolai Voinov Elena Petrova |
Николай Воинов Елена Петрова |
| Executive Producer | Y. Bliokh | Я. Блиох |
| Sound Operator | Hikolai Prilutskiy V. Oranskiy |
Николай Прилуцкий В. Оранский |
| Voice Actors | Mikhail Yanshin (Chub, the cossack) Alexei Zhiltsov (village head) Vladimir Gribkov (devil) Vera Maretskaya (Solokha, the witch) Liliya Gritsenko (Oksana) Nikolai Gritsenko (Vakula, the smith) |
Михаил Яншин (казак Чуб) Алексей Жильцов (голова) Владимир Грибков (чёрт) Вера Марецкая (ведьма Солоха) Лилия Гриценко (Оксана) Николай Гриценко (кузнец Вакула) |
| Narrator | Alexei Gribov | Алексей Грибов |
| Editor | Valentina Ivanova | Валентина Иванова |