Letter Never Sent
Four geologists are searching for diamonds in the wilderness of Siberia. After a long and tiresome journey they manage to find their luck and put the diamond mine on the map. The map must be delivered back to Moscow. But on the day of their departure a terrible forest fire wreaks havoc, and the geologists get trapped in the woods.
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Cast
6 people
Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy
Konstantin Sabinin
Known for
Beware of the Car!
Hamlet
Tatyana Samoylova
Tanya
Known for
The Cranes Are Flying
Vasiliy Livanov
Andrey
Known for
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Hound of the Baskervilles - Part 1
Gena the Crocodile
Evgeniy Urbanskiy
Sergey Stepanovich
Known for
Ballad of a Soldier
Galina Kozhakina
Vera
Known for
The Snow Queen
Boris Kozhukhov
Also in
Attack and Retreat
A Shot in the Fog
Mikhail Kalatozov Director · Viktor Rozov Writer Grigoriy Koltunov Writer
United States release November 17, 1962 · Produced in Russia, Russia · Original title Неотправленное письмо
Production
Mosfilm
Production · Studio
Russia · Russia
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Неотправленное письмо
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Russian
Release dates
Russia · June 27, 1960
Theatrical
United States · November 17, 1962
Limited theatrical · New York City
Finland
September 16, 1960 · Theatrical
France
April 1, 1961 · Theatrical
March 2, 2022 · Theatrical · 4K restored version
March 15, 2022 · Physical · DVD & Blu-Ray
Netherlands
January 9, 2025 · Theatrical · digitale restauratie
Sweden
January 30, 1961 · Theatrical
XG
December 16, 1960 · Theatrical
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