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The Letter That Was Never Sent

Play trailer The Letter That Was Never Sent 1960,  1h 37m,  Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 83% 6 Reviews Tomatometer 83% 250+ Ratings Popcornmeter
83% Tomatometer 6 Reviews 83% Popcornmeter 250+ Ratings
A forest fire traps a geological expedition in a remote area of Siberia on a mission to find diamonds.

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Diana Tuova Film Obsessive Aug 14, 2024
Partnering...with...cinematographer Sergey Urusevsky, Kalatozov produced a film of staggering beauty and conviction that managed to overcome its shaky plot conflict...through its masterful direction, cinematography, and acting. Go to Full Review
Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Jan 17, 2013
B+
Classic socialist realism film that is enhanced by erotic melodramatics and powerful stylish nature images. Go to Full Review
Christopher Long Movie Metropolis May 1, 2012
8/10
Elaborate, gliding tracking shots provide a sense of mastery over nature that the characters can't achieve Go to Full Review
James Kendrick Q Network Film Desk Mar 29, 2012
3.5/4
elevates the familiar into something both emotionally engaging and existentially disarming Go to Full Review
Eric Melin Scene-Stealers.com Mar 16, 2012
3.5/4
What is remarkable is how quickly it can whip from being a realistic survival story to an impressionistic one, sometimes within the same minute. The cinematography is also shifting POV constantly. Go to Full Review
Vadim Rizov Movie-Vault.com Apr 4, 2011
5/10
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Hermione W Jun 3, 2018 Immersively shot and edited, conveying a sense of impressionistic and realist doom. Beautiful. Beyond its time.
Poe M Sep 26, 2017 Beautifully shot at times, the cinematography is something to really admire. There were shots where I don't even know how he did them. For instance, the scenes where the forest was burning down - pretty dangerous. The movie's plot and story was ok. Overall, pretty good movie. See more
Finn W Jun 8, 2017 It's a shame, a real shame, that Kalatozov could make a film as conventinal and clichéd as this. His use of handheld is so overused that it's often hard to see what's going on. See more
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Mikhail Kalatozov

Director

Tatyana Samojlova

Tanya

Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy

Sabinine

Galina Kozhakina

(as G. Kozakhina)

Vasily Livanov

Andrei

Evgeny Urbansky

Sergei

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The Letter That Was Never Sent

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Movie Info

Synopsis A forest fire traps a geological expedition in a remote area of Siberia on a mission to find diamonds.
Director
Mikhail Kalatozov
Screenwriter
Grigori Koltunov, Valeri Osipov, Viktor Rozov
Distributor
Artkino Pictures Inc.
Production Co
Ministry of Culture of the USSR
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Russian
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 16, 1960, Original
Runtime
1h 37m
Sound Mix
Mono
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