
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.
Top Billed Cast

Sergei Martinson
witch (voice)

Mikhail Yanshin
Cossack Vasil (voice)

Boris Livanov
dnieper cossack (voice)

Leonid Pirogov
clerk (voice)

Vasiliy Kachalov
narrator (voice)
Featured Crew

Anatoliy Sazonov
Art Direction

Evgeniy Migunov
Art Direction

Zinaida Brumberg
Director

Valentina Brumberg
Director

Valentina Brumberg
Writer

Zinaida Brumberg
Writer

Nikolai Gogol
Book
Zinoviy Kalik
Writer

Aleksandr Ptushko
Creative Director

Lamis Bredis
Co-Director

Sergei Vasilenko
Original Music Composer

Lamis Bredis
Animation