The Lost Letter

Name: The Lost Letter
Director: Valentina Brumberg
Genre: Animation, Fantasy, Comedy, Family
Released: 1945-12-31
Duration: 43 min
Rating: 6.1
Cast: Mikhail Yanshin, Boris Livanov, Sergei Martinson, Leonid Pirogov, Vasiliy Kachalov

1945

43m

Animation Fantasy Comedy Family

Director: Valentina Brumberg

Writers: 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.