The Lost Letter
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| Directed by | Lamis Bredis Zinaida Brumberg Valentina Brumberg |
| Produced by | Soyuzmultfilm |
| Written by | Nikolai Gogol (story) Zinoviy Kalik |
| Narrated by | Vasiliy Kachalov |
| Starring | Sergei Martinson Leonid Pirogov Mikhail Yanshin Boris Livanov |
| Music by | Serafim Vasilenko |
| Release date(s) | 1945 (USSR) |
| Running time | 42 min 42 sec |
| Country | USSR |
| Language | Russian |
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The Lost Letter (Russian: Пропа́вшая гра́мота, Propavshaya gramota), or A Disappeared Diploma, is the first Soviet traditionally-animated feature film, directed by the Brumberg sisters and Lamis Bredis in 1945. It was produced at the Soyuzmultfilm studio in Moscow and is based on the story with the same name by Nikolai Gogol.
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[edit] Plot
A Kazakh journeys to St. Petersburg in order to give a letter to the Tsarina. A series of adventures and obstacles stand in his way, but the Kazakh overcomes them and fulfills his duty.
[edit] Creators
| English | Russian | |
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| Directors | Lamis Bredis Zinaida Brumberg Valentina Brumberg |
Ламис Бредис Зинаида Брумберг Валентина Брумберг |
| Scenario | Zinoviy Kalik | Зиновий Калик |
| Art Directors | Yevgeniy Migunov Anatoliy Sazonov |
Евгений Мигунов Анатолий Сазонов |
| Artists | B. Suteyeva G. Nevzorova V. Valeryanova I. Troyanova O. Gemmerling V. Rodzhero |
Б. Сутеева Г. Невзорова В. Валерйанова И. Троянова О. Геммерлинг В. Роджеро |
| Animators | Pyotr Repkin Y. Popov Aleksandr Belyakov Tatyana Fyodorova Boris Dezhkin N. Mindovskaya Nadezhda Privalova Tatyana Basmanova Gennadiy Filippov Lamis Bredis N. Fyodorova Roman Davydov Faina Yepifanova |
Пётр Репкин Ю. Попов Александр Беляков Татьяна Фёдорова Борис Дежкин Н. Миндовская Надежда Привалова Татьяна Басманова Геннадий Филиппов Ламис Бредис Н. Фёдорова Роман Давыдов Фаина Епифанова |
| Camera Operators | Nikolai Boinov Yelena Petrova |
Николай Воинов Елена Петрова |
| Composer | Serafim Vasilenko | Серафим Василенко |
| Sound Operator | Nikolay Prilutskiy | Николай Прилуцкий |
| Animation director(?) | Aleksandr Ptushko | Александр Птушко |
| Voice Actors | Sergei Martinson Leonid Pirogov Mikhail Yanshin Boris Livanov |
Сергей Мартинсон Леонид Пирогов Михаил Яншин Борис Ливанов |
| Narrator | Vasiliy Kachalov | Василий Качалов |
[edit] See also
- History of Russian animation
- List of animated feature films
- The Humpbacked Horse (1947 film) - the second traditionally-animated Soviet feature film
[edit] External links
- Propavshaya gramota at the Internet Movie Database
- Propavshaya gramota at animator.ru (English and Russian)
- Review of the film at Anipages Daily
- Propavshaya gramota at myltik.ru (Russian)
