100 years ago, the Russian Empire ... Christmas Eve. December plugs, holiday celebrations, balls and modest luxury holidays, titled nobles and ordinary peasants, the royal family and the soldiers of the First World War, progressive poets and the first skaters - everything was different, except ... the holiday. People prepared, lived, believed dreaming and waiting for this miracle - Christmas!
Production
Ludicrous nine-director circus somehow holds together.
Costume
Imperial Russia dripping in authentic excess and peasant grime.
Acting
Svetlakov and Urgant anchor the chaos with chaotic charm.
Director
Timur Bekmambetov
Sergey Svetlakov
Evgeny
Ivan Urgant
Boris
Aleksandr Golovin
Dima
Konstantin Khabenskiy
Narrator (voice)
Alexandr Domogarov
Grisha
Katerina Shpitsa
Liza
Aleksandr Polovtsev
Komendant
Mariya Poroshina
Shveya
Artur Smolyaninov
Pyotr
Yan Tsapnik
Aleksandr Arkadevich
Viktor Verzhbitskiy
graf Vostrikov
Albert Filozov
Test
Vladimir Gostyukhin
Nachalnik
Emmanuil Vitorgan
Rodstvennik
Alexandr Domogarov Jr.
Fedor
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Russia's highest-grossing domestic film of 2014, partly because foreign releases were scarce due to sanctions.
The anthology format mimics the beloved Soviet 'Irony of Fate' tradition, but nine directors fighting for tone is pure post-Soviet excess.
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