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.
Movie: The Cold Summer of 1953
Top 10 Billed Cast
«Luzga», Sergey Basargin, former military intelligence captain
«Kopalych», Nikolai Pavlovich Starobogatov, former engineer
policeman Mankov
Lydia Matveevna
Lydia Matveevna's daughter
Ivan Zotov, director of trading post
«Baklan», criminal
Nikolai Starobogatov's son
Fadeich, chief of landing place
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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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1988-12-03
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