The Lost Letter

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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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.

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

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