Letter Never Sent (1960)
- Original title
- Неотправленное письмо
- Directed by
- Mikhail Kalatozov
- Genre
- drama film, adventure film
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- Rated
- U
- Rating
- 7.1 of 10 from 124 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A geologist and her three colleagues are stranded in the Siberian wilderness while searching for diamonds. They struggle against the harsh elements and their own dwindling supplies.
survivalistdeterminedbleakvisceraldesperateclaustrophobicslow-burnemotional
What happens
Letter Never Sent (Russian: Неотправленное письмо, translit. Neotpravlennoye pismo, sometimes translated as The Unsent Letter or The Unmailed Letter) is a 1960 Soviet adventure drama film directed by Mikhail Kalatozov and starring Tatiana Samoilova. It was entered into the 1960 Cannes Film Festival, but was withdrawn just before the screening on 17 May; according to the Soviet representatives, the film was "unfinished" (as a matter of fact, Kalatozov wanted to re-shoot some sequences before the premiere in the USSR). The film was shot in black-and-white with a 4:3 aspect ratio and monaural sound. It was Kalatozov's follow-up to perhaps his most lauded film, The Cranes Are Flying, which also starred Samoilova. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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