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.

Director: Aleksandr Proshkin

Cast

Valeriy Priyomykhov

Sergei «Luzga» Basargin

Anatoliy Papanov

Nikolai «Kopalych» Starobogatov

Viktor Stepanov

Mankov

Nina Usatova

Lidia Matveevna

Zoya Buryak

Lidia Matveevna's daughter

Yuriy Kuznetsov

Ivan Zotov

Vladimir Kashpur

Fadeich

Sergey Vlasov

Vityok