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May Nights

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May Nights
Directed byAleksandr Rou
Written byNikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (libretto)
Nikolai Gogol (play)
Konstantin Isaev
StarringNikolai Dosenko
Tatyana Konyukhova
Aleksandr Khvylya
CinematographyGavriil Egiazarov
Music byS. Potochkii
Production
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Release date
  • 1952 (1952)
Running time
61 minutes
CountrySoviet Union
LanguageRussian

May Nights (Russian: Майская ночь, или Утопленница, romanizedMaiskaya 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.

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References

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  1. ^ Rollberg p.314

Bibliography

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  • 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.
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