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The Cold Summer of 1953
The Cold Summer of 1953
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  2. The Cold Summer of 1953

The Cold Summer of 1953

Original Title: Холодное лето пятьдесят третьего

1988
1h 41m
Action
Crime
Drama

Status

Released

Release

1988

Runtime

1h 41m

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Storyline

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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Details

Status
Released
Runtime
1h 41m
Dec 3, 1988
Languages
Russian
Director
Aleksandr Proshkin
Aleksandr Proshkin
Production
Mosfilm
Mosfilm
Production Countries
Soviet Union

Top Cast

20 Cast Members

Valeriy Priyomykhov

Valeriy Priyomykhov

«Luzga», Sergey Basargin, former military intelligence captain

Anatoliy Papanov

Anatoliy Papanov

«Kopalych», Nikolai Pavlovich Starobogatov, former engineer

Viktor Stepanov

Viktor Stepanov

policeman Mankov

Nina Usatova

Nina Usatova

Lydia Matveevna

Zoya Buryak

Zoya Buryak

Lydia Matveevna's daughter

Yuriy Kuznetsov

Yuriy Kuznetsov

Ivan Zotov, director of trading post

Viktor Kosykh

Viktor Kosykh

«Baklan», criminal

Boris Plotnikov

Boris Plotnikov

Nikolai Starobogatov's son

Vladimir Kashpur

Vladimir Kashpur

Fadeich, chief of landing place

Elizaveta Solodova

Elizaveta Solodova

Starobogatov's Wife

Vladimir Golovin

Vladimir Golovin

Baron

Aleksei Kolesnik

Aleksei Kolesnik

Kryuk

Andrey Dudarenko

Andrey Dudarenko

Mikhalych

Aleksandr Zavyalov

Aleksandr Zavyalov

Mukha

Tatyana Lebedkova

Tatyana Lebedkova

D. Karpova

K. Labutin

S. Martanov

V. Nazarov

Sergey Vlasov

Sergey Vlasov

Витек

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