Dead Man's Letters (Pisma myortvogo cheloveka) (1986)

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Directed by

Konstantin Lopushansky

Starring

Rolan Bykov
Professor Larsen

Viktor Mikhaylov
(as V. Mikhaylov)

Nora Gryakalova
(as N. Gryakalova)

Vera Mayorova
Anna

Vatslav Dvorzhetsky
Pastor

Svetlana Smirnova
Tereza

Written by

Konstantin Lopushansky

Boris Strugatsky

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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.

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