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Dead Man's Letters

Dead Man's Letters

Remember your humanity and forget the rest.

19866.91h 23m

Overview

In a desolate world following the nuclear apocalypse, a scholar helps a small group of adults and children survive in the basement of a former museum of history. In his mind, he writes letters to his only son that will never be read and tries to find shreds of hope in his new reality.

Directed by Konstantin Lopushansky
Written by Konstantin Lopushansky, Boris Strugatskiy, Vyacheslav Rybakov
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Top Cast

Rolan Bykov

Rolan Bykov

Professor

Iosif Ryklin

Iosif Ryklin

Humanist

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Aleksandr Sabinin

Nora Gryakalova

Nora Gryakalova

Vadim Lobanov

Vadim Lobanov

Viktor Mikhaylov

Viktor Mikhaylov

Vera Mayorova

Vera Mayorova

Anna

Svetlana Smirnova

Svetlana Smirnova

Tereza

Natalya Vlasova

Natalya Vlasova

Vatslav Dvorzhetsky

Vatslav Dvorzhetsky

Pastor

Themes & Keywords

post-apocalyptic futurestrugatskynuclear holocaust

About Dead Man's Letters

Dead Man's Letters is a drama, science fiction film released in 1986 exploring themes of post-apocalyptic future, strugatsky, nuclear holocaust. Directed by Konstantin Lopushansky, it stars Rolan Bykov, Iosif Ryklin, Aleksandr Sabinin. In a desolate world following the nuclear apocalypse, a scholar helps a small group of adults and children survive in the basement of a former museum of history. In his mind, he writes letters to his only son that will never be read and tries to find shreds of hope in his new reality.

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