The Lost Letter

The Lost Letter

43 mins | Animation | Jan. 1, 1945

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.

The Lost Letter

43 mins | Animation | Jan. 1, 1945

The Lost Letter
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.
IMDb rating 7.2
Producers Soyuzmultfilm
Original title Пропавшая грамота
Directors Lamis Bredis, Zinaida Brumberg, Valentina Brumberg
Writers Nikolai Gogol

Cast

Sergei Martinson

as witch (voice)

Mikhail Yanshin

as Cossack Vasil (voice)

Boris Livanov

as dnieper cossack (voice)

Leonid Pirogov

as clerk (voice)

Vasiliy Kachalov

as narrator (voice)