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The Lost Letter
Folk comedy that tells the adventures of Ukrainian cossacks Vasyl and Andriy as they set out on a long journey to deliver a letter from their leader to the Russian empress in St. Petersburg.
| Release : | 1972 |
| Rating : | 8.3 |
| Studio : | Dovzhenko Film Studios, |
| Crew : | Production Design, Director of Photography, |
| Cast : | Ivan Mykolaichuk Fedir Stryhun Lidiya Belozyorova Zemfira Tsakhilova Mykhaylo Holubovych |
| Genre : | Adventure Fantasy Comedy History |
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Memorable, crazy movie
The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.
Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.
Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable
I completely agree with the previous comment. This movie is one of the rare landscapes of Ukrainian life in the XVIII century. This part of our story is so great and interesting but there are very few movies on the subject. The movie serves as a bright example of great variety of Ukrainian characters and capability of Ukrainians to make such a wonderful piece of art. Beautiful Ukrainian language, gorgeous landscapes of Ukrainian nature, Ukrainian everyday life, Ukrainian songs and, at last, Cossacks - brave, strong, very simple and seeking the truth. The actors played brilliantly. And while the scenario differs from the original Gogol's story every word is in the right place.I hope that one day that movie will be translated into English and shown to people of other countries.P.S. It would be better to name the movie "Propala gramota" according to the Ukrainian name of the movie, because "Propavshaya" is a transliteration of the Russian word.
I saw it a couple of times. This is my favorite movie made in Ukraine. Don't think that Ukrainian movies are dull. If you haven't seen the Propavsha Gramota you haven't seen Ukrainian films at all! This is the film based on the story of the famous writer Nikolay Gogol who was interested in Ukrainian traditions and culture. "The Lost Letter" is a funny story.... sometimes even hilarious - if of course you understand humor. Mykolaychuk acted greatly in this film. On my opinion this is his best work.... This film showed Zaporizhya kozaks the way simple people saw them those days - strong, skillful in arms, bold and valor. It begins with the battle and return of kozak Vasyl home where he is given the assignment to bring the document to the Emperatrice of Russia Elizabeth. He finds a friend and they both travel to St. Petersburg to deliver the "Gramota" to the Emperatrece....As it is described on the DVD - A heroic comedy with a blasting humor tells the story of the trip made by Vasyl and Adrew delivering the letter from Hetman to Russian Tzarutsya, and after all their happy return to their native Dekanka. All the other things are to be seen with your own eyes.
