
The Cold Summer of 1953 (1988)
1h 41m | PG-13
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
Studio: Mosfilm
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Video: 720p
Cast

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

Anatoliy Papanov
as «Kopalych», Nikolai Pavlovich Starobogatov, former engineer

Viktor Stepanov
as policeman Mankov

Nina Usatova
as Lydia Matveevna

Zoya Buryak
as Lydia Matveevna's daughter

Yuriy Kuznetsov
as Ivan Zotov, director of trading post