The Lost Letter (1945)

  • NR
  • 01/01/1945 (SU)
  • Animation
  • 43m

Overview

The Lost Letter (Russian: Пропа́вшая гра́мота, Propavshaya gramota), or A Disappeared Diploma, is a 1945 Soviet animated film directed by the Brumberg sisters and Lamis Bredis. It is the first Soviet cel-animated feature film. It was produced at the Soyuzmultfilm studio in Moscow and is based on the story with the same name by Nikolai Gogol.

Valentina Brumberg

Director, Writer

Zinaida Brumberg

Director, Writer

Zinoviy Kalik

Writer

Cast

Sergei Martinson's headshot

Sergei Martinson

witch (voice)
Mikhail Yanshin's headshot

Mikhail Yanshin

Cossack Vasil (voice)
Boris Livanov's headshot

Boris Livanov

dnieper cossack (voice)
Leonid Pirogov's headshot

Leonid Pirogov

clerk (voice)
Vasiliy Kachalov's headshot

Vasiliy Kachalov

narrator (voice)
Vladimir Popov's headshot

Vladimir Popov

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