The Cold Summer of 1953 (1988)

12/03/1988 (SU) • 1h 41m

Action, Crime, Drama

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.

Top Billed Cast

Valeriy Priyomykhov

«Luzga», Sergey Basargin, former military intelligence captain

Anatoliy Papanov

«Kopalych», Nikolai Pavlovich Starobogatov, former engineer

Viktor Stepanov

policeman Mankov

Nina Usatova

Lydia Matveevna

Zoya Buryak

Lydia Matveevna's daughter

Yuriy Kuznetsov

Ivan Zotov, director of trading post

Viktor Kosykh

«Baklan», criminal

Boris Plotnikov

Nikolai Starobogatov's son

Vladimir Kashpur

Fadeich, chief of landing place


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Status

Released

Original Language

Russian

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

summer

gulag

1950s

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