
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.
Release Date: 1988-12-03
Action
Crime
Drama
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Casts

Valeriy Priyomykhov
as «Luzga», Sergey Basargin, former military intelligence captain

Anatoliy Papanov
as «Kopalych», Nikolai Pavlovich Starobogatov, former engineer

Viktor Stepanov
as policeman Mankov

Nina Usatova
as Lydia Matveevna

Zoya Buryak
as Lydia Matveevna's daughter

Yuriy Kuznetsov
as Ivan Zotov, director of trading post

Viktor Kosykh
as «Baklan», criminal

Boris Plotnikov
as Nikolai Starobogatov's son

Vladimir Kashpur
as Fadeich, chief of landing place

Vladimir Golovin
as Baron