May Nights
May Nights (Russian: Майская ночь, или Утопленница) is a 1952 Soviet comedy movie directed by Aleksandr Rou.[1][2] The movie is based on Nikolai Gogol's May Night, or the Drowned Maiden and the subsequent opera version by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. It stars Nikolai Dosenko, Tatyana Konyukhova, and Aleksandr Khvylya.
| May Nights | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Aleksandr Rou |
| Written by | Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (libretto) Nikolai Gogol (play) Konstantin Isaev |
| Starring | Nikolai Dosenko Tatyana Konyukhova Aleksandr Khvylya |
| Music by | S. Potochkii |
| Cinematography | Gavriil Egiazarov |
Production company | |
Release date | 1952 |
Running time | 61 minutes |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Language | Russian |
Actors
- 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
References
Other websites
- May Nights on IMDb
