Dead Man's Letters

Dead Man's Letters
Письма мёртвого человека
Film poster
Directed byKonstantin Lopushansky
Written byKonstantin Lopushansky
Vyacheslav Rybakov
Boris Strugatsky
StarringRolan Bykov
Vatslav Dvorzhetsky
CinematographyNikolai Pokoptsev
Edited byT. Poulinoi[1]
Music byAleksandr Zhurbin
Production
company
Distributed byLenfilm
Release date
  • 15 September 1986 (1986-09-15) (Soviet Union)
Running time
88 minutes
CountrySoviet Union
LanguageRussian

Dead Man's Letters (Russian: Письма мёртвого человека, romanized: Pis'ma myortvogo cheloveka), also known as Letters from a Dead Man, is a 1986 Soviet post-apocalyptic drama film directed and written by Konstantin Lopushansky. He wrote it along with Vyacheslav Rybakov and Boris Strugatsky. It marks his directorial debut.

The film was screened at the International Critics' Week section of the Cannes Film Festival in 1987[2] and received the FIPRESCI prize at the 35th International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg.[3]

In the aftermath of nuclear apocalypse, a group of people are forced to live underground in bunkers. They cannot go outside their dwellings without wearing protective clothing and gas masks. They try to find hope in the disturbing new world. Among these people is a history teacher who tries to contact via letters his missing son.

  1. ^ "Dead Man's Letters". IMDB. [better source needed]
  2. ^ "26e SELECTION DE LA SEMAINE DE LA CRITIQUE - 1987". International Critics' Week.
  3. ^ "35th International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg, Germany (October 6 - October 11, 1986)". International Critics' Week.