The Cold Summer of 1953

(1988)Directed by Aleksandr ProshkinAction, Crime, Drama

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.

Valeriy Priyomykhovas Sergei «Luzga» Basargin
Anatoliy Papanovas Nikolai «Kopalych» Starobogatov
Viktor Stepanovas Mankov
Nina Usatovaas Lidia Matveevna
Zoya Buryakas Lidia Matveevna's daughter
Yuriy Kuznetsovas Ivan Zotov
Sergey Vlasovas Vityok
Vladimir Golovinas «Baron»
Andrey Dudarenkoas Mikhalych
Aleksandr Zavyalovas «Mukha»
Aleksei Kolesnikas «Kryuk»
Viktor Kosykhas «Shurup»
Boris Plotnikovas Starobogatov's son
Elizaveta Solodovaas Starobogatov's wife
Daria Karpova
Konstantin Labutin
Tatyana Lebedkova
S. Martanov
V. Nazarov
Aleksandr Dovbnyaas (uncredited)