A harrowing picture, ‘Dead Mans Letters’ (better known as ‘Letters from a dead man’) is a striking russian anti nuclear film that is essentially the soviet unions answer to ‘Threads’.

The film follows a scientist desperately trying to find his wife and son who were seperated from him duing a nuclear attack. What follows is his travels through the wastelands encountering frankly devestating horrors that come from nuclear disaster.

I was BEYOND impressed with this one, and VERY surprised that it really isnt more well known. the script is powerful, emotive and interesting, the direction and visuals are intense, unforgettable and distressing in places. the atmosphere, near perfect.

Frankly the only thing that stopped this for me from being a 4 and a half star ‘Must See’ is the decision to present the film using ‘tinted’ film stock over colour or black and white. I found it a little distracting, and given that this film isnt readily available in the west (I watched a 360p subtitled copy on youtube tonight with my discord posse) It really diminishes the overall power of this work.

DEFINITELY worth your time. and the PERFECT double feature with ‘Threads’, ‘Letters from a dead man’ presents the anti nuclear stance from beyond the iron curtain…and I think at this time more than any other, its must see cinema.

source https://letterboxd.com/tytdreviews/film/dead-mans-letters/