Dead Man's Letters

Dead Man's Letters (1986)

Письма мертвого человека

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.

Date of release
1986-12-12
TMDB
6.9 / 10 (136)
Runtime
1h 23m
Genres
Drama, Science Fiction
Director
Konstantin Lopushansky

Casting

Interesting facts

Dead Man's Letters, 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.

Production

Around the time the film started production, it was common knowledge that Russia had a strict censorship policy following the death of Stalin, resulting in a three year waiting period for Lopushansky and the crew consisting of various re-rewrites, possibly most likely due to Vyacheslav Rybakov's involvement with anti-Soviet literature and run-ins with the KGB.

Before production started on this film and his short Solo, Lopunshansky served as an apprentice for Tarkovsky and would later work as a production assistant for his 1979 film Stalker. Tarkovsky's teachings played a huge influence on Lopushansky's directing style as well as many aspects of the film from the set design, cinematography, and signature slow yet otherworldly pacing.

Most of the filming was done in Kronstadt. Many episodes were filmed in there including the scene with a helicopter and the final scene in the desert.

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