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The Cold Summer of 1953
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Title: The Cold Summer of 1953

Release Date: 3 Dec 1988

Runtime: 1h 41m

Genre: Action, Crime, Drama

Director: Mosfilm

Production Companies: Mosfilm

Overview: 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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Average Vote: 7.1 (37 votes)

Cast

  • «Luzga», Sergey Basargin, former military intelligence captain: Valeriy Priyomykhov
  • «Kopalych», Nikolai Pavlovich Starobogatov, former engineer: Anatoliy Papanov
  • policeman Mankov: Viktor Stepanov
  • Lydia Matveevna: Nina Usatova
  • Lydia Matveevna's daughter: Zoya Buryak
  • Ivan Zotov, director of trading post: Yuriy Kuznetsov
  • «Baklan», criminal: Viktor Kosykh
  • Nikolai Starobogatov's son: Boris Plotnikov
  • Fadeich, chief of landing place: Vladimir Kashpur
  • Starobogatov's Wife: Elizaveta Solodova
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