The Cold Summer of 1953

The Cold Summer of 1953 (1988)

03/12/1988
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 ProshkinDirector
  • Edgar DubrovskyWriter
  • Original Title

    Холодное лето пятьдесят третьего

  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    Russian

Keywords

  • summer
  • gulag
  • 1950s

Top Billed Cast

Valeriy Priyomykhov

Valeriy Priyomykhov

«Luzga», Sergey Basargin, former military intelligence captain

Anatoliy Papanov

Anatoliy Papanov

«Kopalych», Nikolai Pavlovich Starobogatov, former engineer

Viktor Stepanov

Viktor Stepanov

policeman Mankov

Nina Usatova

Nina Usatova

Lydia Matveevna

Zoya Buryak

Zoya Buryak

Lydia Matveevna's daughter

Yuriy Kuznetsov

Yuriy Kuznetsov

Ivan Zotov, director of trading post

Viktor Kosykh

Viktor Kosykh

«Baklan», criminal

Boris Plotnikov

Boris Plotnikov

Nikolai Starobogatov's son

Vladimir Kashpur

Vladimir Kashpur

Fadeich, chief of landing place

Elizaveta Solodova

Starobogatov's Wife

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