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The Cold Summer of 1953

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The Cold Summer of 1953

7.2

1h 41m

1988

Synopsis

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.

Director

Aleksandr Proshkin

ActionCrimeDrama

summergulag1950s

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Cast & Crew

Valeriy Priyomykhov

Valeriy Priyomykhov

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

Anatoliy Papanov

Anatoliy Papanov

as «Kopalych», Nikolai Pavlovich Starobogatov, former engineer

Viktor Stepanov

Viktor Stepanov

as policeman Mankov

Nina Usatova

Nina Usatova

as Lydia Matveevna

Zoya Buryak

Zoya Buryak

as Lydia Matveevna's daughter

Yuriy Kuznetsov

Yuriy Kuznetsov

as Ivan Zotov, director of trading post

Viktor Kosykh

Viktor Kosykh

as «Baklan», criminal

Boris Plotnikov

Boris Plotnikov

as Nikolai Starobogatov's son

Vladimir Kashpur

Vladimir Kashpur

as Fadeich, chief of landing place

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