Neotpravlennoye Pismo (Letter Never Sent) is survival cinema at its most visceral. Kalatozov and Urusevsky turn the Siberian wilderness into a living force, and the camera becomes a fifth member of the expedition—slipping through forests, collapsing with bodies, shaking in blizzards, and diving into fire and ice with impossible fluidity. The brilliance of the film is how the visuals feel like survival. The camera…
Four geologists are searching for diamonds in the wilderness of Siberia. After a long and tiresome journey they manage to find their luck and put the diamond mine on the map. The map must be delivered back to Moscow. But on the day of their departure a terrible forest fire wreaks havoc, and the geologists get trapped in the woods.
Top Cast
Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy
Konstantin Sabinin
Tatyana Samoylova
Tanya
Vasiliy Livanov
Andrey
Evgeniy Urbanskiy
Sergey Stepanovich
Galina Kozhakina
Vera
Boris Kozhukhov
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FAQ about Letter Never Sent
What is Letter Never Sent about?
Four geologists are searching for diamonds in the wilderness of Siberia. After a long and tiresome journey they manage to find their luck and put the diamond mine on the map. The map must be delivered back to Moscow. But on the day of their departure a terrible forest fire…
When was Letter Never Sent released?
Letter Never Sent was released in 1960.
What genres does Letter Never Sent belong to?
Letter Never Sent is categorised as Drama, Adventure.
Who stars in Letter Never Sent?
The cast of Letter Never Sent includes Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy, Tatyana Samoylova, Vasiliy Livanov, Evgeniy Urbanskiy, Galina Kozhakina.