The Lost Letter

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The Lost Letter

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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For the short story by Nikolai Gogol, see The Lost Letter: A Tale Told by the Sexton of the N...Church.

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.

1 Plot
2 Creators
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Plot

A Cossack 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 Cossack overcomes them and fulfills his duty.

[edit] Creators

	English	Russian
Directors	Lamis Bredis Zinaida Brumberg Valentina Brumberg	Ламис Бредис Зинаида Брумберг Валентина Брумберг
Directors' assistants	K. Apestina Ye. Novosel'skaya Ye. Golovanova T. Fyodorova I. Kul'neva Ye. Shilova
Scenario	Zinoviy Kalik Zinaida Brumberg Valentina Brumberg	Зиновий Калик Зинаида Брумберг Валентина Брумберг
Art Directors	Yevgeniy Migunov Anatoliy Sazonov	Евгений Мигунов Анатолий Сазонов
Decorative 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 Dyozhkin Nina Mindovskaya Nadezhda Privalova Tatyana Basmanova Gennadiy Filippov Lamis Bredis N. Fyodorova Roman Davydov Faina Yepifanova	Пётр Репкин Ю. Попов Александр Беляков Татьяна Фёдорова Борис Дёжкин Нина Миндовская Надежда Привалова Татьяна Басманова Геннадий Филиппов Ламис Бредис Н. Фёдорова Роман Давыдов Фаина Епифанова
Camera Operators	Nikolai Voinov Yelena Petrova	Николай Воинов Елена Петрова
Composer	Serafim Vasilenko	Серафим Василенко
Sound Operator	Nikolay Prilutskiy	Николай Прилуцкий
Sound Engineer	Valeriy Popov
Artistic Administrator	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