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Dead Man's Letters

1986-12-12 · 83 min · ★ 6.9

Drama · Science Fiction

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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Directors
Konstantin Lopushansky
Production companies
Lenfilm
Countries
Soviet Union
Status
Released

Top Cast

Rolan BykovRolan BykovProfessor Larsen
Vatslav DvorzhetskyVatslav DvorzhetskyPastor
Vera MayorovaVera MayorovaAnna
Iosif RyklinIosif RyklinHumanist
Evgeniy PlatokhinEvgeniy PlatokhinVrach
Svetlana SmirnovaSvetlana SmirnovaTereza
Vyacheslav VasilyevDosimetrist
Nora GryakalovaNora Gryakalova
Vadim LobanovVadim Lobanov
Viktor MikhaylovViktor Mikhaylov
Natalya VlasovaNatalya Vlasova
Gennady MakoevGennady Makoev
Svetlana KireevaSvetlana Kireeva
Aleksandr Sabinin
Mikhail Shteyn

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