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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.
Good for
- Family movie night
- Friends night
- Kids
Where to watch
Not streaming in any country yet.
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Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 72GoodWatch 67
IMDb7.2
Running time
43 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 animated movies, −46 min on the typical 89
typical 8943Half of all animated movies run 80–99 min.
Reach
To rent or buy in 1 countries
Released
1945
December 31, 1945
81 years ago
Genres
AnimationFantasyComedyFamilyLanguage
Russian
Original language
Made in
Russia
and 2 moreDirecting · 9
- Valentina Brumberg Director, Writer
- Zinaida Brumberg Director, Writer
- I. Kulneva Assistant Director
- Lamis Bredis Co-Director, Animation
- Tatyana Fyodorova Assistant Director, Animation
- Elena Shilova Assistant Director
Writing · 2
- Zinoviy Kalik Writer
- Nikolai Gogol Book
Camera · 2
- Nikolay Voinov Director of Photography
- Elena Petrova Director of Photography
Sound · 3
- Sergei Vasilenko Original Music Composer
- Vladimir Popov Sound Designer
- Nikolay Prilutskiy Sound Director
Art · 9
- Evgeniy Migunov Production Design
- Anatoliy Sazonov Production Design
- Aleksandr Ptushko Creative Director
- Irina Troyanova Background Designer
- Galina Nevzorova Background Designer
- Olga Gemmerling Background Designer
Visual Effects · 11
- Boris Dyozhkin Animation
- Nikolay Fyodorov Animation
- Gennadiy Filippov Animation
- Nadezhda Privalova Animation
- Roman Davydov Animation
- Nina Mindovskaya Animation
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