Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka

Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka by Aleksandr Rou (Vechera na khutore bliz Dikanki, 1961, 69 min.). A glorious excursion into Technicolor fantasy and a film that remains very true to the spirit of the original short stories by Russian/Ukrainian master Nikolai Gogol, Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka is one of the most beautiful works of Russian cinematic fantasy. The tale of a blacksmith from a darkened village sent on an endless quest on Christmas Eve by his beloved—ending in St. Petersburg and with a stop along the way for a conference with the devil—has been filmed several times throughout Russian film history, but never with so much charm and such rich feeling for the satiric, folkloric power of the source material. MFA members, seniors, and students $8;