A cautionary masterpiece!
- Blu-ray world premiere !
- Rated "Especially Valuable
- An Ostalgica production distributed by Media Target
Info:
After a nuclear war, the survivors live in underground shelters and bunkers. They enter the contaminated outside world only protected by gas masks and protective suits, in search of some food. A professor writes letters to his missing son Erik, asking hypothetical questions about the future of humanity and whether the nuclear war was global or limited. After his wife Anna dies of radiation sickness and there is no hope for the people vegetating in the bunkers, the professor takes care of orphans no one wants and teaches them what humanity means.
"Moving indictment of mass extermination with the help of oppressive, symbolically charged images of immense power."
Encyclopaedia of International Film
"A haunting reminder of reason, both in its protest against irrational nuclear war and in its resolute emphasis on the humanity of man, which is not least a final anchor of hope." Stefan Höltgen of F.LM - Texte zum Film.
IMDb RATING: 7.6/10
Briefe eines Toten - Письма мёртвого человека - Dead Man's Letters.
USSR 1986
Director: Konstantin Lopushanski
Cast: Rolan Bykov, Yossif Ryklin, Viktor Mikhailov
Alexander Sabinin, Nora Gryakalova, Vera Majorova
Vazlav Dvorshetsky, Svetlana Smirnova, Vadim Lobanov
Technical data:
- Picture format: 1.37:1 (AVC / 1080p / 23.976 fps)
- Sound Format: German (DTS-HD Master Audio 1.0, Mono)
- Subtitles: German / English / Spanish / Italian / French / Polish
- Running time: approx. 88 minutes
Extras:
- German theatrical trailer
- - Alternative credits
- Picture gallery , Programme preview
- Atomic Bomb Tests Documentaries
- Text contribution: "Playing with the Bomb" by Dagmar Röhrlich
- Multilingual booklet
- Reversible cover with alternative artwork
Free / All Regions
Region Code: 0
Packaging: BD-Case
