| 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 |
| Running time | 43 minutes |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Language | Russian |
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.
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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.
| English | Russian | |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |