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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.

  • Action
  • Crime
  • Drama

Top billed cast

  • Photo of Valeriy PriyomykhovValeriy Priyomykhov«Luzga», Sergey Basargin, former military intelligence captain
  • Photo of Anatoliy PapanovAnatoliy Papanov«Kopalych», Nikolai Pavlovich Starobogatov, former engineer
  • Photo of Viktor StepanovViktor Stepanovpoliceman Mankov
  • Photo of Nina UsatovaNina UsatovaLydia Matveevna
  • Photo of Zoya BuryakZoya BuryakLydia Matveevna's daughter
  • Photo of Yuriy KuznetsovYuriy KuznetsovIvan Zotov, director of trading post
  • Photo of Viktor KosykhViktor Kosykh«Baklan», criminal
  • Photo of Boris PlotnikovBoris PlotnikovNikolai Starobogatov's son
  • Photo of Vladimir KashpurVladimir KashpurFadeich, chief of landing place
  • Photo of Elizaveta SolodovaElizaveta SolodovaStarobogatov's Wife

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