Dead Man’s Letters

Year: 1986

Runtime: 83 mins

Language: Russian

Director: Konstantin Lopushansky

Drama

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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