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Dead Man’s Letters (1986)

Directed by Konstantin Lopushansky · Cinematography by Nikolai Pokoptsev

87 min49 frames

DramaScience Fiction

Remember your humanity and forget the rest.

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Dead Man’s Letters — official trailer

What is Dead Man’s Letters about?

In a desolate world following the nuclear apocalypse, a scholar helps a small group of adults and children survive in the basement of a former museum of history. In his mind, he writes letters to his only son that will never be read and tries to find shreds of hope in his new reality.

Dead Man's Letters, also known as Letters from a Dead Man, is a 1986 Soviet post-apocalyptic drama film directed and written by Konstantin Lopushansky. He wrote it along with Vyacheslav Rybakov and Boris Strugatsky. It marks his directorial debut.

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What does the cinematography of Dead Man’s Letters look like?

Sampled across 49 frames, the coverage of Dead Man’s Letters leans on medium shots (39% of the sample) and close-ups (27%). Cinematographer Nikolai Pokoptsev keeps 61% of it in low-key light. Night and dusk account for 71% of the frames. Vintage glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 63% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.

What is the color palette of Dead Man’s Letters?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Dead Man’s Letters (1986) are #302714, #554a2b, #8a6d33, #161108, #241808, #443213 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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