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The Lost Letter (1945)

Directed by Valentina Brumberg, Zinaida Brumberg

Overview

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.

Length 43 minutes

Actors

Sergei Martinson | Mikhail Yanshin | Boris Livanov | Leonid Pirogov | Vasiliy Kachalov | Vladimir Popov