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Letter Never Sent

1960 · 97 min · Director: Mikhail Kalatozov ★ IMDb 7.8 · 4,988 ratings

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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.

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Letter Never Sent (1960) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Fear 30%, Awe 25%, Anxiety 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

30%Fear
25%Awe
  1. Fear30%
  2. Awe25%
  3. Relief10%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Fear, Awe, Anxiety. Genres: Drama, Adventure. AI estimate.

Is it worth watching?

Consider this title if you are looking for Fear, Awe and Anxiety. Its IMDb rating of 7.8/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 72/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Sadness
  • Tension
  • Love

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Hope

Dominant emotion: Love

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Joy

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Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values. Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then rises around 33 %, then peaks around 68 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensitySadnessTensionLove
2.5 %≈ 2′Hope38 %8 %6 %18 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Love45 %14 %9 %29 %
12.5 %≈ 12′Hope44 %11 %13 %23 %
17.5 %≈ 17′Hope40 %13 %20 %19 %
22.5 %≈ 22′Tension41 %24 %30 %20 %
27.5 %≈ 27′Sadness45 %35 %35 %16 %
32.5 %≈ 32′Sadness57 %31 %27 %16 %
37.5 %≈ 36′Joy76 %18 %32 %20 %
42.5 %≈ 41′Tension84 %29 %63 %20 %
47.5 %≈ 46′Tension83 %49 %79 %14 %
52.5 %≈ 51′Tension80 %49 %75 %14 %
57.5 %≈ 56′Tension76 %52 %66 %31 %
62.5 %≈ 61′Sadness80 %69 %63 %56 %
67.5 %≈ 65′Sadness89 %83 %71 %68 %
72.5 %≈ 70′Sadness88 %83 %71 %56 %
77.5 %≈ 75′Sadness79 %71 %63 %36 %
82.5 %≈ 80′Sadness77 %65 %63 %28 %
87.5 %≈ 85′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
92.5 %≈ 90′Sadness85 %80 %75 %25 %
97.5 %≈ 95′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
Riches to rags

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

IS
Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy

IS
Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy

Konstantin Sabinin

TS
Tatyana Samoylova

EU
Evgeniy Urbanskiy

GK
Galina Kozhakina

BK
Boris Kozhukhov

Details

Directed by
Mikhail Kalatozov
Written by
Viktor Rozov, Valeri Osipov, Grigoriy Koltunov
Type
Movies
Released
1960
Runtime
97 min
Country
Soviet Union
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.8 · 4,988 ratings
Feels mostly
Fear
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