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) Konstantin Isaev |
Starring | Nikolai Dosenko Tatyana Konyukhova Aleksandr Khvylya |
Cinematography | Gavriil Egiazarov |
Music by | S. Potochkii |
Production company | |
Release date |
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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 3D fantasy comedy film released by Moscow Gorky Film Studios, directed by Aleksandr Rou and starring Nikolai Dosenko, 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. It was directed by Alexander Rowe. The film is notable for being the first full-length autostereoscopic film in colour.
Cast
- Nikolai Dosenko as Levko Makogonenko
- Tatyana Konyukhova as Hanna Petrichenkova
- Aleksandr Khvylya as Evtukh Makogonenko, village leader
- Liliya Yudina as The Officer's Daughter
- Galina Grigoreva as The Witch-Stepmother
- Georgiy Millyar as The Village Clerk
- E. Cheoarskaya as Evtukh's Sister-in-law
- Aleksandr Zhukov as Karpo, a villager
- G. Nelidov as A Beekeeper
- Anton Dunajsky as A Distiller
- Vasili Bokarev
- Georgi Gumilevsky
References
- ^ Rollberg p.314
Bibliography
- Rollberg, Peter. Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2008.
- ""Mayskaya Noch "". National Film Register. Ministry of Culture of the Russian Федерации. Archived from the original on 2018-10-27. Retrieved 2013-07-24.
- ""Mayskaya Noch "". Movies. domestic Encyclopedia кино. Archived from the original on 2013-07-24. Retrieved 2013-07-24.
External links
- May Nights at IMDb
Categories:
- Articles with short description
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- 1952 films
- Template film date with 1 release date
- Articles containing Russian-language text
- 1950s fantasy comedy films
- Soviet fantasy comedy films
- 1950s Soviet films
- 1950s Russian-language films
- Films directed by Aleksandr Rou
- Gorky Film Studio films
- Films based on works by Nikolai Gogol
- Films based on fairy tales
- 1950s 3D films