Pisma myortvogo cheloveka (1986)

User Rating:

7.4/10   

Director:

Konstantin Lopushansky

Writers:

Konstantin Lopushansky (writer)
Vyacheslav Rybakov (writer)

Release Date:

1986 (Soviet Union)

Genre:

Drama | Sci-Fi

Plot:

The world after the nuclear apocalypse. Pale light lits the scenery of total destruction. The surviving...

Plot Keywords:

Nuclear Winter | Apocalypse | Hospital | Post Apocalyptic | Nuclear War

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Rolan Bykov
Iosif Ryklin
Viktor Mikhaylov
Aleksandr Sabinin
Nora Gryakalova
Vera Mayorova
Vatslav Dvorzhetsky
Svetlana Smirnova
Nikolai Alkanov
Vadim Lobanov

Also Known As:

Письма мёртвого человека (Soviet Union: Russian title)
Dead Man's Letters
Letters from a Dead Man

Runtime:

87 min

Country:

Soviet Union

Language:

Russian

Color:

Black and White | Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Sweden:15 | Australia:PG | Finland:K-12 | West Germany:16 | Argentina:16

Company:

Lenfilm Studio

Haunting, undeservedly underrated masterpiece

The story takes place in an eastern European country(no reference is made to what country) after a nuclear war. A military regime has been imposed, there is no reference weather this is a local regime or an occupation. The soldiers tend to carry western weapons like AR pattern rifles and HK G3. The main character lives with coworkers under the university buildings where they once worked , all characters have a type of confession to tell relating to the catastrophe. Decay is everywhere but there is also irony in the decay and destruction, such as the scene in the library that is half covered in water with pages upon pages floating on this evil soup of corpses and texts that the main character ,as a true scholar, goes to a semi submerged desk to study a book. Just like "Threads" this is the only other movie that truly shows how final a nuclear apocalypse would be.