Movie: The Cold Summer of 1953

Top 10 Billed Cast

Valeriy Priyomykhov
Валерий Приёмыхов

«Luzga», Sergey Basargin, former military intelligence captain

Anatoliy Papanov
Анатолий Папанов

«Kopalych», Nikolai Pavlovich Starobogatov, former engineer

Viktor Stepanov
Виктор Степанов

policeman Mankov

Nina Usatova
Нина Усатова

Lydia Matveevna

Zoya Buryak
Зоя Буряк

Lydia Matveevna's daughter

Yuriy Kuznetsov
Юрий Кузнецов

Ivan Zotov, director of trading post

Viktor Kosykh
Виктор Косых

«Baklan», criminal

Boris Plotnikov
Борис Плотников

Nikolai Starobogatov's son

Vladimir Kashpur
Владимир Кашпур

Fadeich, chief of landing place

Elizaveta Solodova
Елизавета Солодова

Starobogatov's Wife

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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.

  • Release Date

    1988-12-03

  • Average

    7.1

  • Rating:

    3.5 starts
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    Pусский
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