The Lost Letter
7.2
The first Soviet cel-animated feature film, based on the story with the same name by Nikolai Gogol. A messenger is tasked with delivering a letter to the Tsarina, which he tucks into his hat for safekeeping on the road. While resting at night, a band of demons steals the hat, and he must travel to Hell to retrieve it.
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Cast
5 people
Mikhail Yanshin
Cossack Vasil (voice)
Known for
Thumbelina
Vovka in the Kingdom of Far Far Away
Boris Livanov
Dnieper cossack (voice)
Known for
October (Ten Days that Shook the World)
Sergei Martinson
Witch (voice)
Known for
Thumbelina
The Adventures of Mowgli
Leonid Pirogov
clerk (voice)
Also in
The Hunchedback Horse
The Cat's House
Vasiliy Kachalov
Narrator (voice)
Also in
The White Eagle
Road to Life
Valentina Brumberg Director · Zinaida Brumberg Director Zinoviy Kalik Writer
First release December 31, 1945 · Produced in Russia, Russia · Original title Пропавшая грамота
Production
Soyuzmultfilm
Production
Russia · Russia
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Original title
Пропавшая грамота
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Russian
Release dates
Russia · December 31, 1945
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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