Dead Man's Letters
7.5
“Remember your humanity and forget the rest.”
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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Cast
15 people
Rolan Bykov
Professor Larsen
Known for
The Twelve Chairs
Andrei Rublev
Vatslav Dvorzhetsky
Pastor
Known for
To the Stars by Hard Ways
Vera Mayorova
Anna
Known for
A Visitor to a Museum
Iosif Ryklin
Humanist
Known for
A Visitor to a Museum
Evgeniy Platokhin
Vrach
Known for
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson
Svetlana Smirnova
Tereza
Known for
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson
Vyacheslav Vasilyev
Dosimetrist
Known for
A Visitor to a Museum
Nora Gryakalova
Known for
A Visitor to a Museum
Vadim Lobanov
Known for
A Visitor to a Museum
Viktor Mikhaylov
Known for
A Visitor to a Museum
The Ugly Swans
Natalya Vlasova
Also in
Роман императора
Assol
Gennady Makoev
Known for
Tsar
Konstantin Lopushansky Director · Boris Strugatskiy Writer Aleksei German Writer
First release December 12, 1986 · Produced in Russia, Russia · Original title Письма мертвого человека
Production
Lenfilm
Production
Russia · Russia
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Languages
Original title
Письма мертвого человека
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Russian
Release dates
Russia · December 12, 1986
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Germany
April 23, 1987 · Theatrical
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