The king struggles to find a wife for his son, who is solely interested in science. An astrologer advises the king to host a grand royal ball. Cinderella, eager to attend, is forced by her stepmother and stepsisters to make dresses for them. Once the dresses are ready, they leave her behind with additional chores. However, her fairy godmother appears and helps her get to the ball, with one condition: she must return by midnight. At the ball, Cinderella meets the prince, who instantly falls in love with her. They dance and enjoy the evening until the clock strikes twelve, and Cinderella flees, leaving behind a glass slipper.
In the remote Ukrainian village of Dykanka, handsome but poor Vakula loves the beautiful Oksana, but she's holding out for a wealthy prince, and her father doesn't think much of him either. On Christmas Eve she sends him on a ridiculous quest for dancing shoes that takes him all the way to the imperial palace in Saint Petersburg, Russia, with the help of some odd characters from the village and the Devil himself.
Tertiary student Vasia Vasylkov receives the keys to the museum of various arts for one night from the watchman. The main requirement is that all exhibits must be in their places in the morning. But the main character, of course, does not obey the watchman's instructions, so he plunges into a whirlwind of magical adventures, meeting ghosts, Casanova, Assol, Dracula, Sleeping Beauty, Romeo, Red Riding Hood, and Snow Queen.
