CLAPPERBOARD UK LTD and BFI
‘LETTER TO BREZHNEV’
Special Screening
Clapperboard UK was delighted to assist the
British Film Institute with its recent screening of
the acclaimed Liverpool feature film Letter to
Brezhnev written by Frank Clarke, directed by
Chris Bernard and starring actors Peter Firth,
Alfred Molina, Alexandra Pigg and Margi Clarke.
A new BFI Blu-ray and DVD of the film was
released on 24 April 2017, launched with
a reunion screening and Q&A Hosted by
Clapperboard’s Director, Maureen Sinclair, with
cast and crew at Liverpool’s picturehouse@fact
art house cinema.
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One of the most significant and influential
British films of the 1980s, Letter to Brezhnev
(1985) is a touching romantic tale set
against the backdrop of Thatcherism,
Liverpool’s club scene, one-night stands
and a Europe still in the grip of the Cold
War, the film starred a fresh, young and
memorable cast.
It tells the story of two young Merseyside
girls who escape their humdrum lives for
a night on the town, where they meet
two Russian sailors (Peter Firth and Alfred
Molina) on shore leave. For Teresa (Margi