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The Cold Summer of 1953 (1988)

Poster for The Cold Summer of 1953

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.

Cast & Crew

Director
Aleksandr Proshkin
  • Profile picture of Valeriy Priyomykhov
    «Luzga», Sergey Basargin, former military intelligence captain Valeriy Priyomykhov
  • Profile picture of Anatoliy Papanov
    «Kopalych», Nikolai Pavlovich Starobogatov, former engineer Anatoliy Papanov
  • Profile picture of Viktor Stepanov
    policeman Mankov Viktor Stepanov
  • Profile picture of Nina Usatova
    Lydia Matveevna Nina Usatova
  • Profile picture of Zoya Buryak
    Lydia Matveevna's daughter Zoya Buryak
  • Profile picture of Yuriy Kuznetsov
    Ivan Zotov, director of trading post Yuriy Kuznetsov
  • Profile picture of Viktor Kosykh
    «Baklan», criminal Viktor Kosykh
  • Profile picture of Boris Plotnikov
    Nikolai Starobogatov's son Boris Plotnikov

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Keywords

  • summer
  • gulag
  • 1950s