The Lost Letter poster

The Lost Letter poster

The Lost Letter

1945 43m 6.1Movie

AnimationFantasyComedyFamily

The first Soviet cel-animated feature film, based on the story with the same name by Nikolai Gogol. A messenger is tasked with delivering a letter to the Tsarina, which he tucks into his hat for safekeeping on the road. While resting at night, a band of demons steals the hat, and he must travel to Hell to retrieve it.

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Valentina Brumberg

Director, Writer

Zinaida Brumberg

Director, Writer

Zinoviy Kalik

Writer

Top Cast

Mikhail Yanshin

Mikhail Yanshin

Cossack Vasil (voice)

Boris Livanov

Boris Livanov

Dnieper cossack (voice)

Sergei Martinson

Sergei Martinson

Witch (voice)

Leonid Pirogov

Leonid Pirogov

clerk (voice)

Vasiliy Kachalov

Vasiliy Kachalov

Narrator (voice)