The Lost Letter (1972)
Folk comedy that tells the adventures of Ukrainian cossacks Vasyl and Andriy as they set out on a long journey to deliver a letter from their leader to the Russian empress in St. Petersburg.
Director:
Borys Ivchenko
Writer:
Ivan Drach
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Ivan Mykolaichuk as Vasyl, the cossack |
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Fedir Stryhun as Andriy, the zaporozhian cossack |
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Lidiya Belozyorova as Vasyl's wife |
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Zemfira Tsakhilova as Odarka |
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Mikhail Golubovich as Evil man |
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Vladimir Glukhoy as strange man |
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Vasyl Symchych as Vasyl's father |
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Anatoli Barchuk as Ivan |
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Mariya Kapnist as Witch |
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Volodymyr Shakalo as Petro |
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Vladimir Alekseyenko as Old man |
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Nataliya Gebdovskaya as Aunt Marina |
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Mariia Mykolaichuk as Singer |
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Dmytro Kapka as Storyteller |
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Vladimir Alekseyenko as Ostap |
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Halyna Dovhozvyaha as Village Woman |
| Directing | Borys Ivchenko | Director |
| Writing | Ivan Drach | Screenplay |
| Camera | Vitaliy Zymovets | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Ivan Mykolaichuk | Music |
| Art | Mikhail Rakovskiy | Production Design |
| Writing | Nikolai Gogol | Short Story |
| Art | Alla Shesterenko | Production Design |
| Writing | Ivan Mykolaichuk | Lyricist |
| Sound | Pavel Cherednik | Musician |
| Sound | Mikhail Cherednik | Musician |
| Sound | Galina Menkush | Musician |
| Sound | Valentyna Kovalska | Vocals |
| Sound | Nina Matviienko | Vocals |
| Sound | Mariia Mykolaichuk | Vocals |
| Sound | Galina Menkush | Vocals |
| Writing | Vladimir Ivanishin | Lyricist |
| Sound | Ya. Orlov | Conductor |
| Sound | Riva Bisnovataya | Sound Director |
| Editing | Tamara Serdyuk | Editor |
| Writing | L. Chumakova | Script Editor |
| Camera | Pavel Loyko | Camera Operator |
| Directing | Borys Savchenko | Assistant Director |
| Visual Effects | Vladimir Tsirlin | VFX Artist |
| Visual Effects | Aleksandr Pastukhov | VFX Director of Photography |
| Visual Effects | V. Voronoy | Pyrotechnic Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | E. Parfenyuk | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Alla Shesterenko | Costume Design |
| Art | Mykola Poshtarenko | Set Decoration |
| Art | G. Pavlenko | Set Decoration |
| Lighting | O. Prosikhin | Lighting Artist |
| Camera | Ya. Chervets | Assistant Camera |
| Directing | L. Khoroshko | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | V. Artemenko | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | N. Kolesnikov | Second Assistant Director |
| Production | Tatyana Kulchitskaya | Executive Producer |