Post () is a 1929
Soviet
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animated short film directed by
Mikhail TsekhanovskyМузей кино отметит Ночь кино выставками и кинопоказами
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Plot
The plot is based on an eponymous poem by Samuil Marshak
Samuil Yakovlevich Marshak (alternative spelling: Marchak) (; 4 July 1964) was a Soviet writer of Belarusian Jewish origin, translator and poet who wrote for both children and adults. He translated the sonnets and some other of the works of Willi ...
. Marshak writes a letter to Boris Zhitkov who is travelling. The letter follows Zhitkov in various countries he travels through, but is always late, and Zhitkov only receives it when he is back in Leningrad
Saint Petersburg, formerly known as Petrograd and later Leningrad, is the List of cities and towns in Russia by population, second-largest city in Russia after Moscow. It is situated on the Neva, River Neva, at the head of the Gulf of Finland ...
.
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1929 films
1920s Russian-language films
Silent films in color
1929 animated short films
Soviet silent short films
1920s Soviet films
Animated films based on poems
Animated films set in Russia
Animated films set in the Soviet Union
Films set in Saint Petersburg
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