
Feature film — 1988
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.
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Director: Aleksandr Proshkin
On screen
Cast & crew

Valeriy Priyomykhov
Sergei «Luzga» Basargin

Anatoliy Papanov
Nikolai «Kopalych» Starobogatov

Viktor Stepanov
Mankov

Nina Usatova
Lidia Matveevna

Zoya Buryak
Lidia Matveevna's daughter

Yuriy Kuznetsov
Ivan Zotov

Vladimir Kashpur
Fadeich

Sergey Vlasov
Vityok

Vladimir Golovin
«Baron»

Andrey Dudarenko
Mikhalych

Aleksandr Zavyalov
«Mukha»

Aleksei Kolesnik
«Kryuk»
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