The Lost Letter

The Lost Letter (1945)

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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.

Date of release
1945-12-31
TMDB
6.1 / 10 (10)
Runtime
43m
Genres
Animation, Fantasy, Comedy, Family
Director
Valentina Brumberg, Zinaida Brumberg

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: The Lost Letter: A Tale Told by the Sexton of the N...Church

The Lost Letter, or A Disappeared Diploma, is a 1945 Soviet animated film directed by the "grandmothers of the Russian animation", Brumberg sisters, and Lamis Bredis. It is the first Soviet traditionally-animated feature film. It was produced at the Soyuzmultfilm studio in Moscow and is based on the 1832 story with the same name by Nikolai Gogol. The creators of the film managed to convey national Ukrainian color and to recreate the magical, fantastic atmosphere peculiar to works of the writer. Also, for a more realistic style of dance in the Zaporozhets and the Cossack, Igor Moiseyev was involved.

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