IMDb Details
Content TypeMovieAlternate TitlesAustralia: Letter Never Sent
Canada: Letter Never Sent (English)
United Kingdom: Letter Never Sent
Ireland: Letter Never Sent (English)
India: Letter Never Sent (English)
New Zealand: Letter Never Sent (English)
United States: Letter Never Sent
World-wide: Letter Never Sent (English)
South Africa: Letter Never Sent (English)
Argentina: La carta que no se envió
Spain: La carta que no se envió
Mexico: La carta que no se envió
Austria: Ein Brief, der nicht abging
East Germany: Ein Brief, der nicht abging
Brazil: A Carta Que Não Se Enviou
Finland: Älä odota kirjettä
Hungary: Az el nem küldött levél
Denmark: Brevet som aldrig blev afsendt
Norway: Brevet som ikke ble sendt
Netherlands: De brief die nooit verzonden werd (Dutch, restored version)
Sweden: Diamanter betalas högt
West Germany: Ein Brief, der nie ankam
Italy: La lettera non spedita
France: La lettre inachevée
France: La lettre non envoyée (Alternative Title)
France: La lettre qui n'a jamais été envoyée
South Korea: Neotpravlennoe pismo
Croatia: Neposlano pismo
Poland: Niewysłany list
Estonia: Saatmata jäänud kiri
Romania: Scrisoare neexpediată
World-wide: The Letter That Was Never Sent (Alternative Title)
United States: The Unmailed Letter
World-wide: The Unposted Letter (Alternative Title)
World-wide: The Unsent Letter (Alternative Title)
Greece: To gramma pou den estali pote (transliterated title)
Greece: Το γράμμα που δεν εστάλη ποτέ
Ukraine: Невідправленний лист (new title)
Bulgaria: Неизпратеното писмо (Bulgarian)
Soviet Union: Неотправленное письмо (Russian)
Japan: 送られなかった手紙 (Japanese)
The Unmailed LetterContent RatingNot RatedRelease Date1960-06-27Runtime96 minutesIMDb Popularity0User Reviews24Critic Reviews44Countries / RegionsSoviet UnionLanguagesRussianKeywordsgeologist
siberia
man versus nature
soviet union
taigaFilming LocationsMosfilm Studios, Moscow, RussiaProduction CompaniesMosfilmOfficial SitesMosfilm [rus] - http://cinema.mosfilm.ru/films/film/1950-1959/neotpravlennoe-pismo/IMDb URLhttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053106/Local Poster/d/file/imdb/00/tt0053106.jpgUpdated At2025-07-12T10:21:34
Stars
Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy
Tatyana Samoylova
Vasiliy Livanov
Evgeniy Urbanskiy
Galina Kozhakina
Boris Kozhukhov
Writers
Grigoriy Koltunov
Valeri Osipov
Viktor Rozov
Full Cast & Crew
[Cast Group]
Actor: Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy | Character: Konstantin Sabinin
Actor: Tatyana Samoylova | Character: Tanya
Actor: Vasiliy Livanov | Character: Andrey
Actor: Evgeniy Urbanskiy | Character: Sergey Stepanovich
Actor: Galina Kozhakina | Character: Vera
Actor: Boris Kozhukhov | Character: Actor
[Directors Group]
Name: Mikheil Kalatozishvili | Role: Director
[Writers Group]
Name: Grigoriy Koltunov | Role: Writer
Name: Valeri Osipov | Role: Writer
Name: Viktor Rozov | Role: Writer
[Music Group]
Name: Nikolai Kryukov | Role: Composer
[Cinematography Group]
Name: Sergey Urusevskiy | Role: Cinematographer
[Editing Group]
Name: N. Anikina | Role: Editor
[Production Design Group]
Name: David Vinitsky | Role: Production Designer
[Costume Design Group]
Name: Leonid Naumov | Role: Costume Designer
[Makeup Department]
Name: M. Maslov | Role: Makeup Department
[Production Management]
Name: Viktor Tsirul | Role: Production Manager
[Assistant Directors]
Name: Bella Fridman | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director
Name: Sergey Urusevskiy | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director
[Sound Department]
Name: Valeri Popov | Role: Sound Department
[Camera and Electrical Department]
Name: Pyotr Terpsikhorov | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Yuri Zubov | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
[Music Department]
Name: Arnold Roytman | Role: Music Department
[Script and Continuity Department]
Name: Yuriy Shevkunenko | Role: Script and Continuity Department
[Additional Crew]
Name: D. Ovchinnikov | Role: Additional Crew
Name: B. Yerofeyev | Role: Additional Crew
Trailers
IMDb Video Gallery: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053106/videogallery/
Release Schedule
Soviet Union: June 27, 1960
Finland: September 16, 1960
East Germany: December 16, 1960
Austria: 1961 (limited)
Romania: January 2, 1961
Sweden: January 30, 1961
Hungary: February 2, 1961
Italy: February 2, 1961
Denmark: March 16, 1961
France: May 15, 1961
West Germany: December 1, 1961
United States: November 17, 1962 (New York City, New York)
Mexico: March 21, 1963
Argentina: July 11, 1963
West Germany: September 12, 1971 (TV release)
East Germany: May 9, 1984 (TV release)
Sweden: January 29, 2004 (Göteborg Film Festival)
United Kingdom: November 9, 2015 (Leeds International Film Festival)
Australia: February 29, 2020 (The Noise of Waters)
France: October 15, 2020 (4K restoration, Grand Lyon Film Festival)
France: March 2, 2022 (re-release, 4K restoration)
France: April 14, 2022 (Lyon Festival Hallucinations Collectives)
Awards
Nominee | 1960 | Cannes Film Festival | Palme d'Or | Mikheil Kalatozishvili, Letter Never Sent
Box Office
No box office data listed on IMDb.
