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The Letter (1970) [N/A]

Release Date:
January 1, 1970

Original Title:
Письмо

Alternate Titles:
Pismo

Genres:
Animation

Production Companies:
Soyuzmultfilm

Production Countries:
Soviet Union

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Runtime: 10

Overview from TheMovieDB

The fate of sailors' wives is not easy. For six months they do not see their husbands, for six months they raise their children and wait for news from their loved ones. The boy's mother of this story also lives from letter to letter, in separation. Every day she anxiously awaits the arrival of the postman and smiles only when she receives the long-awaited envelope. She gives all her tenderness and attention to her little son - she will either sew a torn button, then cook a delicious dinner, but her thoughts are constantly with her husband. And the son of a naval officer understands his mother, regrets and helps her to go through a difficult separation.

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Production

Animation:
Mayya Buzinova
Iosif Douksha
Yuri Norstein

Art Direction:
Leonid Shvartsman

Director:
Roman Kachanov

Director of Photography:
Teodor Bunimovich

Editor:
Vera Gokke

Original Music Composer:
Vladimir Shainskiy

Producer:
Natan Bitman

Property Master:
Pavel Gusev
Marina Chesnokova
Oleg Masainov
Lilianna Lyutinskaya
Aleksandr Gorbachev
Valentin Ladygin
Aleksandr Maksimov
Pavel Lesin
Vera Kalashnikova
Semyon Etlis

Script Editor:
Natalya Abramova

Sound Director:
Georgiy Martynyuk

Writer:
Zhanna Vitenzon

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