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The Cold Summer of 1953

Jan 6, 1988
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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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CAST

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
Directed by Aleksandr Proshkin

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Status
Released
Original language
RU
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Production
Mosfilm
Country
SU

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