Actors of the Soviet fairy tale "Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka" in the film and years later

8 princes of our cinema: How was the fate of the actors who played fairy-tale characters in Soviet fairy tales

They were the idols of the girls of the Soviet Union. They dreamed of them, postcards with their photographs were carefully kept for years. On the screen, their characters were invariably happy, because in fairy tales, good always triumphs over evil. But outside the set, not all the princes of our childhood had a good fortune

The first edition of Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka was sold in London for $ 225,000

The auction house Christie's in London held an auction on November 28, 2018, where books and manuscripts of Russian writers were put up for sale. These auctions were held within the framework of the "Russian week", which is traditionally held in the British capital twice in November-December and in May-June. Most of all, during the auction, they managed to bail out for the book by Nikolai Gogol "Evenings on a farm near Dikanka"

How the actors from the Soviet fairy tale "Morozko" have changed, many years after the filming of the film

This fairy tale film was released in 1964. It was shot based on a Russian folk tale by director Alexander Rowe, and at the Venice festival this tale received the award “The Golden Lion of St. Brand ". Steven Spielberg claimed that it was this film that became the forerunner of many famous Hollywood film masterpieces. And it is no coincidence that this tale has become so popular: it is very close in spirit to a Russian person, and more than one generation of children has grown up on it

185 years of the cycle of stories "Evenings on a farm near Dikanka" by Gogol: Illustrations by different artists to the immortal work

It has long been customary that the people celebrated holy evenings from Christmas to Epiphany. At this fabulous time, an unclean force was in the air, ready to play a trick on everyone who believed in it. This amazingly magical time was excellently described by Nikolai Gogol in his story "The Night Before Christmas", which was included in the series of works "Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka". For almost two hundred years of history, this immortal masterpiece has been published about a hundred times. And each edition was illustrated hu

Where did the actress who played the role of Oksana in the film "Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka" disappeared: Lyudmila Myznikova

Almost 60 years ago, Alexander Row's film Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka was released, where the role of the charming Oksana was played by actress Lyudmila Myznikova. It seemed that after such a successful debut, the directors simply had to bombard the young actress with proposals. But she disappeared from the screens as suddenly as she appeared. How did the fate of the beautiful actress develop in the future and why did she act so little in films?