The world after the nuclear apocalypse. Pale light lits the scenery of total destruction. The surviving humans vegetate in wet cellars under the nuclear winter. But somehow human spirit still sees somewhere the dim light of a new and better future. The next generation starts the walk towards a new life.

Pisma myortvogo cheloveka (1986)
  • Rating: (692 votes)
  • Runtime:87 minutes
  • Director: Konstantin Lopushansky
  • Country:Soviet Union
  • Actors:
    The Professor
    Rolan Bykov
    Iosif Ryklin
    Viktor Mikhaylov
    Aleksandr Sabinin
    Nora Gryakalova
    Vera Mayorova
    Vatslav Dvorzhetsky
    Svetlana Smirnova
    Nikolai Alkanov
    Vadim Lobanov
  • Genres:Drama, Sci-Fi
  • Plot: The world after the nuclear apocalypse. Pale light lits the scenery of total destruction. The surviving humans vegetate in wet cellars under the nuclear winter. But somehow human spirit still sees somewhere the dim light of a new and better future. The next generation starts the walk towards a new life. Written by Jens Bertheau <bertheau@mi-lab.fh-furtwangen.de>
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  • User's comment:Requires an effort to watch....but you will never regret it. by Catherine Bragina

    This is quite an obscure picture, even by Russian standards... It is dark (literally), morbid, disturbing at times... It requires quite an effort to watch. But it is one of those quite numerous Russian films that leave a deepest impression on the viewers by making them THINK. It is one of those brilliant "what if.." ponderings, never really giving you a final answer, or even if suggesting anything, leaving it open for the viewers to make their own conclusions. Perfectly cast (faces DO match the setting!), perfectly performed, and even the "special effects" - something Russian film-makers never have money or enthusiasm for - look quite convincing for their time. It IS hard to watch, and one probably has to be in a certain mood to watch it (I'd recommend watching it alone), but it is worthwhile experience and you will never regret it.


  • Also known as: Cartas de un hombre muerto (Argentina), Cartas de un hombre muerto (Spain), Письма мёртвого человека (Soviet Union - Russian title), A halott ember levelei (Hungary), Brev från en död människa (Sweden - pre-release title), Brev från en död man (Sweden), Briefe eines Toten (West Germany), Briefe eines toten Mannes (West Germany), Dead Man's Letters ( - undefined), Grammata enos nekrou anthropou (Greece - transliterated ISO-LATIN-1 title), Kuolleen miehen kirjeet (Finland), Letters from a Dead Man ( - undefined), Listy martwego czlowieka (Poland - imdb display title), Quell'ultimo giorno - Lettere di un uomo morto (Italy - imdb display title),

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