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Dead Man’s Letters (1986) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1986 · 83 mins · Russian
- Directed by
- Konstantin Lopushansky
- Starring
- Svetlana Kireeva, Svetlana Smirnova, Nora Gryakalova, Viktor Mikhaylov, Gennady Makoev, Vadim Lobanov
After a nuclear apocalypse, a learned man shelters a handful of children and adults in the basement of a former history museum. He guides them toward survival while, in his thoughts, composing letters to his son—letters he knows will never be delivered or read, drawing on his scholarly knowledge to keep hope alive.
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