In the aftermath of a nuclear holocaust, a history professor spends his time writing letters to his son in the unlikely chance that he is still alive. When he encounters a group of helpless and stranded children, he takes on guiding them to a refuge of safety amidst chaos and violence. A post-apocalyptic tale of hope and perseverance that urges us to draw valuable lessons out of our history’s darkest pages and avoid the same fateful mistakes.
Dead Man’s Letters
Pisma myortvogo cheloveka
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- Direction: Konstantin Lopushansky
- Script: Konstantin Lopushansky, Vyacheslav Rybakov, Boris Strugatsky
- Cinematography: Nikolai Pokoptsev
- Editing: T. Poulinoi
- Sound: Leonid Gavrichenko
- Music: Aleksandr Zhurbin
- Actors: Rolan Bykov, Iosif Ryklin, Viktor Mikhailov, Alexander Sabinin, Nora Gryakalova, Vera Mayorova
- Production: Lenfilm, Pervoe Tvorcheskoe Obedinenie
- Sets: Yelena Amshinskaya, Viktor Ivanov
- Format: DCP
- Color: Color
- Production Country: USSR
- Production Year: 1986
- Duration: 86'
- Contact: Lenfilm
- Awards/Distinctions: Grand Prize – Mannheim-Heidelberg IFF 1986, The Vasilyev Brothers’ State Premium of the RSFSR 1987
Konstantin Lopushansky
Konstantin Lopushanskiy is a Ukranian director, film theorist, author and musician. He studied Violin at the Kazan conservatory, went to have his postgraduate studies in Leningrad, where he completed his Ph.D. thesis in Art Criticism. He taught for several years in the conservatories of Kazan and Leningrad, before deciding to study Scriptwriting and Film Direction. After the completion of his studies, he worked as an assistant director in Tarkovsky’s legendary Stalker. His feature, A Visitor to a Museum, won the Silver St. George and the Ecumenical Jury Prize at the Moscow Film Festival.
Filmography
1986 Dead Man’s Letters | Pisma myortvogo cheloveka
1989 Visitor to a Museum | Posetitel muzeya
2001 The Turn of the Century | Konets veka
2013 The Role | Rol
