The Cold Summer of 1953 (1988)

  • 16+
  • 12/03/1988 (RU)
  • Action, Crime, Drama
  • 1h 41m

Overview

In 1953, the year Stalin died, many prisoners (some political, but mostly common criminals) were released from the Soviet Gulags. This is the story of a remote settlement which was under attack by a bunch of these recently-released blood-thirsty thugs in the summer of 1953, and the townspeople, along with a two political prisoners, who try to stop them.

Aleksandr Proshkin

Director

Edgar Dubrovsky

Writer

Cast

Valeriy Priyomykhov's headshot

Valeriy Priyomykhov

«Luzga», Sergey Basargin, former military intelligence captain
Anatoli Papanov's headshot

Anatoli Papanov

«Kopalych», Nikolai Pavlovich Starobogatov, former engineer
Viktor Stepanov's headshot

Viktor Stepanov

policeman Mankov
Nina Usatova's headshot

Nina Usatova

Lydia Matveevna
Zoya Buryak's headshot

Zoya Buryak

Lydia Matveevna's daughter
Yuriy Kuznetsov's headshot

Yuriy Kuznetsov

Ivan Zotov, director of trading post
Viktor Kosykh's headshot

Viktor Kosykh

«Baklan», criminal
Boris Plotnikov's headshot

Boris Plotnikov

Nikolai Starobogatov's son

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