Boris Barnet ... (writer) Nikolay Pogodin ... (writer)Cast (in credits order) Vasiliy Merkurev Vasiliy Merkurev ... Pavel Pavlovich (as V. Merkuryev) Yekaterina Mazurova Yekaterina Mazurova ... Grandmother Tatyana (as Ye. Mazurova) Nadezhda Rumyantseva Nadezhda Rumyantseva ... Sima - Kolkhoz accountant (as N. Rumyantseva) Boris Novikov Boris Novikov ... Kolkhoz foreman (as B. Novikov) A. Berezovskaya A. Berezovskaya ... Klavka - milkmaid Elizaveta Nikishchikhina Elizaveta Nikishchikhina ... Zoika - shopgirl (as Ye. Nikishchikhina) Aleksandr Potapov Aleksandr Potapov ... Ivan - tractor driver (as A. Potapov) Valeri Ryzhakov Valeri Ryzhakov ... Vasya - driver Valentina Brumberg ... (screenplay) Zinaida Brumberg ... (screenplay) Nikolay Gogol ... (story) (as Nikolai Gogol) Mikhail Yanshin ... (screenplay)Cast (in credits order) Aleksey Gribov Aleksey Gribov ... Narrator (voice) Liliya Gritsenko Liliya Gritsenko ... Oksana (voice) Nikolai Gritsenko Nikolai Gritsenko ... Vakula (voice) Mikhail Yanshin Mikhail Yanshin ... Chub (voice) Vera Maretskaya Vera Maretskaya ... Solokha (voice) Vladimir Gribkov Vladimir Gribkov ... The Devil (voice) Aleksei Zhiltsov Aleksei Zhiltsov ... The Head