The Cold Summer of 1953
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.
Top Billed Cast
Valeriy 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
Featured Crew
Aleksandr Proshkin
Director
Edgar Dubrovsky
Writer
Boris Brozhovsky
Director of Photography
Yelena Mikhailova
Editor
Valeri Filippov
Art Direction
Vladimir Martynov
Original Music Composer
Aleksandr Tsygankov
Sound Director
Anatoliy Dzhirkvelov
Additional Director of Photography
Aleksey Tetyurkin
Makeup Artist
Natalya Alexandrova
Costume Design
Irina Krastilevskaya
Assistant Director
O. Evplanova
Assistant Director
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