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.
Cast
- Mikhail Yanshin as Cossack Vasil (voice)
- Boris Livanov as Dnieper cossack (voice)
- Sergei Martinson as Witch (voice)
- Leonid Pirogov as clerk (voice)
- Vasiliy Kachalov as Narrator (voice)