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.
Title | The Cold Summer of 1953 |
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Year | 1988 |
Genre | Action, Crime, Drama |
Country | Soviet Union |
Studio | Mosfilm |
Cast | Valeriy Priyomykhov, Anatoli Papanov, Viktor Stepanov, Nina Usatova, Zoya Buryak, Yuriy Kuznetsov |
Crew | Aleksandr Proshkin (Director), Edgar Dubrovsky (Writer), Yelena Mikhailova (Editor), Boris Brozhovsky (Director of Photography), Valeri Filippov (Art Direction), Vladimir Martynov (Original Music Composer) |
Keyword | summer, gulag, 1950s |
Release | Dec 03, 1988 |
Runtime | 101 minutes |
Quality | HD |
IMDb | 7.10 / 10 by 37 users |