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The Lost Letter

5.8/10

December 31, 1945

43 minutes

Valentina Brumberg

Animation Fantasy Comedy Family

Overview

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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Movie Details

Release Date

December 31, 1945

Runtime

43 minutes

Director

Valentina Brumberg

Rating

5.8/10

Production Companies

Soyuzmultfilm

Cast

Mikhail Yanshin

Cossack Vasil (voice)

Boris Livanov

Dnieper cossack (voice)

Sergei Martinson

Witch (voice)

Leonid Pirogov

clerk (voice)

Vasiliy Kachalov

Narrator (voice)