

The Cold Summer of 1953
Visit website7.2/10 • 38
1988-12-03 • 1h 41m
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.
- Directors
- Aleksandr Proshkin
- Writters
- Edgar Dubrovsky
- Editors
- Edgar Dubrovsky, Yelena Mikhailova

The Cold Summer of 1953
Visit website1988-12-03 • 1h 41m
7.2/10 • 38
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.
- Directors
- Aleksandr Proshkin
- Writters
- Edgar Dubrovsky
- Editors
- Edgar Dubrovsky, Yelena Mikhailova
Top Billed Cast
View CreditsValeriy Priyomykhov
«Luzga», Sergey Basargin, former military intelligence captain
Anatoliy Papanov
«Kopalych», Nikolai Pavlovich Starobogatov, former engineer
Viktor Stepanov
policeman Mankov
Nina Usatova
Lydia Matveevna
Zoya Buryak
Lydia Matveevna's daughter
Yuriy Kuznetsov
Ivan Zotov, director of trading post
Viktor Kosykh
«Baklan», criminal
Boris Plotnikov
Nikolai Starobogatov's son
Vladimir Kashpur
Fadeich, chief of landing place
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- Russian
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- Keywords
- summergulag1950s