The Lost Letter (1945)
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.
Directors: Zinaida Brumberg, Valentina Brumberg.
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Mikhail Yanshin as Cossack Vasil (voice) |
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Boris Livanov as Dnieper cossack (voice) |
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Sergei Martinson as Witch (voice) |
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Leonid Pirogov as clerk (voice) |
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Vasiliy Kachalov as Narrator (voice) |
| Directing | Zinaida Brumberg | Director |
| Directing | Valentina Brumberg | Director |
| Writing | Valentina Brumberg | Writer |
| Writing | Zinaida Brumberg | Writer |
| Writing | Nikolai Gogol | Book |
| Writing | Zinoviy Kalik | Writer |
| Art | Aleksandr Ptushko | Creative Director |
| Directing | Lamis Bredis | Co-Director |
| Sound | Sergei Vasilenko | Original Music Composer |
| Visual Effects | Lamis Bredis | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Aleksandr Belyakov | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Boris Dyozhkin | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Gennadiy Filippov | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Tatyana Basmanova | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Nadezhda Privalova | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Faina Epifanova | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Roman Davydov | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Lev Popov | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Nina Mindovskaya | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Tatyana Fyodorova | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Nikolay Fyodorov | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Pyotr Repkin | Animation |
| Art | Vera Valeryanova | Background Designer |
| Art | Vera Rodzhero | Background Designer |
| Art | Olga Gemmerling | Background Designer |
| Art | Valentina Suteeva | Background Designer |
| Art | Galina Nevzorova | Background Designer |
| Art | Irina Troyanova | Background Designer |
| Directing | E. Shilova | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Nikolay Voinov | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Elena Petrova | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Nikolay Prilutskiy | Sound Director |
| Art | Anatoliy Sazonov | Production Design |
| Art | Evgeniy Migunov | Production Design |
| Directing | E. Golovanova | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Elena Novoselskaya | Assistant Director |
| Directing | I. Kulneva | Assistant Director |
| Directing | K. Apestina | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Tatyana Fyodorova | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Vladimir Popov | Sound Designer |
