The Cold Summer of 1953 (1988)
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.
- Released
- 1988-01-06
- Genres
- Action, Crime, Drama
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Aleksandr Proshkin
- TMDB rating
- 7.4/10 from 54 votes
Cast
- Valeriy Priyomykhov as Sergei «Luzga» Basargin
- Anatoliy Papanov as Nikolai «Kopalych» Starobogatov
- Viktor Stepanov as Mankov
- Nina Usatova as Lidia Matveevna
- Zoya Buryak as Lidia Matveevna's daughter
- Yuriy Kuznetsov as Ivan Zotov
- Vladimir Kashpur as Fadeich
- Sergey Vlasov as Vityok
- Vladimir Golovin as «Baron»
- Andrey Dudarenko as Mikhalych
- Aleksandr Zavyalov as «Mukha»
- Aleksei Kolesnik as «Kryuk»