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.
Cast
Crew
Zinaida Brumberg
Director, Writer
Valentina Brumberg
Director, Writer
Lamis Bredis
Co-Director, Animation
Aleksandr Ptushko
Creative Director
Zinoviy Kalik
Writer
Nikolai Gogol
Book
Nikolay Voinov
Director of Photography
Elena Petrova
Director of Photography
E. Shilova
Assistant Director
E. Golovanova
Assistant Director
Elena Novoselskaya
Assistant Director
I. Kulneva
Assistant Director
K. Apestina
Assistant Director
Tatyana Fyodorova
Assistant Director, Animation
Anatoliy Sazonov
Production Design
Evgeniy Migunov
Production Design
Aleksandr Belyakov
Animation
Boris Dyozhkin
Animation
Gennadiy Filippov
Animation
Tatyana Basmanova
Animation
Nadezhda Privalova
Animation
Faina Epifanova
Animation
Roman Davydov
Animation
Lev Popov
Animation
Nina Mindovskaya
Animation
Nikolay Fyodorov
Animation
Pyotr Repkin
Animation
Nikolay Prilutskiy
Sound Director
Vladimir Popov
Sound Designer
Sergei Vasilenko
Original Music Composer
Vera Valeryanova
Background Designer
Vera Rodzhero
Background Designer
Olga Gemmerling
Background Designer
Valentina Suteeva
Background Designer
Galina Nevzorova
Background Designer
Irina Troyanova
Background Designer
