The Cold Summer of 1953

The Cold Summer of 1953

101 mins | Drama, Crime, Action | Dec. 3, 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.

The Cold Summer of 1953

101 mins | Drama, Crime, Action | Dec. 3, 1988

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.
IMDb rating 7.8
Producers Mosfilm
Original title Холодное лето пятьдесят третьего
Directors Aleksandr Proshkin
Writers Edgar Dubrovsky

Cast

Valeriy Priyomykhov

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

Anatoli 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

Yelizaveta Solodova

as Starobogatov's Wife

Vladimir Golovin

as Baron

Aleksei Kolesnik

as Kryuk

Andrey Dudarenko

as Mikhalych

Sergey Vlasov

as Витек