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The Cold Summer of 1953

1988 • 1h41m Action, Crime, Drama

Rating

7.2/10

Popularity

1

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.

Details

Director

Aleksandr Proshkin

Screenplay

Edgar Dubrovsky

Cast

Valeriy Priyomykhov

Anatoliy Papanov

Viktor Stepanov

Release date

12/3/1988

Status

Released

Origin country

SU

Vote count

45