The Night Before Christmas (1951 film)
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The Night Before Christmas (Russian: Ночь пе́ред Рождество́м, Noch pered Rozhdestvom)[1] is a 1951 Russian animated feature film directed by the "grandmothers of the Russian animation", Brumberg sisters, and produced by the Soyuzmultfilm studio in Moscow. The film is based on Nikolai Gogol's 1832 story "The Night Before Christmas".
The Night Before Christmas | |
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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 |
Edited by | Valentina Ivanova |
Music by | Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov |
Release date | January 1, 1951 |
Running time | 50 minutes |
Country | Soviet Union |
Language | Russian |
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 Home video and DVD releases, mostly along with other films.